Some desserts are just sweet, but Umm Ali is sweeter—and spicier—than you might think. This iconic Egyptian treat, with its ...

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Scientists have mapped the 3-D structure of the human sweet taste receptor, the molecular machine that allows us to taste sweet things. This could lead to the discovery of new regulators of the ...

A six-month randomized trial challenges the idea that eating more sweet foods increases a person’s preference for sweetness. Participants on diets with high, low, or mixed sweetness levels showed no ...

Cryo-EM map of the human sweet taste receptor (blue and green) changing shape as it binds a molecule that tastes sweet (red and green). NEW YORK — Our attraction to sugar has grown to an unhealthy ...