In vino veritas: Promiscuous yeast hook up in wine-making vats
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 05:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Humans aren't the only species that like to get busy with a glass of bubbly, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Turns out, the common baker's yeast has indulged in a frenzy of amorous frolicking in the fermentation vats of winemakers for hundreds, possibly thousands, of years, with interesting results.