Sour research, sweet results: How people perceive sour flavors
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 10:31
in Mathematics & Economics
This Thanksgiving, when you bite into the cranberry sauce and the tartness smacks your tongue as hard as that snide comment from your sister, consider the power of sour. Neurobiology researchers at the University of Southern California have made a surprising discovery about how some cells respond to sour tastes.