BUFFALO, N.Y. — Some taste cells are multitaskers that can detect bitter, sweet, umami and sour stimuli, a new study finds. The research challenges conventional notions of how taste works. In the past ...

Scientists at the University of Buffalo have made a discovery that could shake up what we know about the sense of smell in humans. The breakthrough centers on a newly discovered type of taste cell ...

Taste is one of our most vital senses, shaping appetite, nutrition, and quality of life. Yet taste buds are fragile, relying heavily on the nerves that connect them to the brain. When those nerves are ...

BOSTON - There may be yet another basic type of taste. We generally know about the five - sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami - but a team of researchers at University of Southern California ...

Different types of steak can provide you with unique flavors, from rich and fatty to lean and even minerally, but fishy is one that catches a lot of people off guard. There are a lot of varieties of ...

Our mouths may be home to a newly discovered set of multi-tasking taste cells that -- unlike most known taste cells, which detect individual tastes -- are capable of detecting sour, sweet, bitter and ...