In a nutshell Chili peppers contain three natural compounds—capsianoside I, roseoside, and gingerglycolipid A—that actually suppress spiciness rather than enhance it Even when peppers contain ...

Florida State University scientists have engineered a new crystal that forces atomic magnets to swirl into complex, repeating patterns. The effect comes from mixing two nearly identical compounds ...

Ever wondered why strawberries and strawberry-flavoured ice cream or chocolates do not taste the same? While one has the natural tastes of strawberries, the other is either artificial or ...

(Nanowerk News) If we compare the right to the left hand, we can see these are specular images —that is, like symmetrical shapes reflected in a mirror— and they cannot superimpose on each other. This ...