In the middle 1800s, a French industrialist who distilled alcohol from sugar beets ran into a problem when some of his fermentation vats stopped producing alcohol. His request for help from a ...

ARBOIS, France — The region of Jura is known — if at all — for its green, rolling hills and as a source for the firm, delectable cheese called Comté. But as you drive into Jura, you see official road ...

In science and technology, as in any other field, one of the greatest possible rewards for anyone working on something is to get their work named after them. In that way, your name stays on long after ...

Louis Pasteur was (born on December 27, 1822 died, 28 September 1895), was a French chemist and microbiologist considered the most important founder of medical microbiology. Louis Pasteur contributed ...

THE work on fermentation is one of the International Scientific Series, Starting with a thoroughly philosophical conception of his subject, the author points out that from our present stand-point of ...

Some of the greatest scientific discoveries haven’t resulted in Nobel Prizes. Louis Pasteur, who lived from 1822 to 1895, is arguably the world’s best-known microbiologist. He is widely credited for ...

Humans have taken advantage of the metabolism in a tiny fungus called yeast to create beer and wine from grains and fruits. What are the biological mechanisms behind this alcohol production? Aa Aa Aa ...

Whether it’s kimchi, kombucha, kefir or kraut, fermented foods are today all the rage. And yet people have been fermenting food and beverages for thousands of years – to preserve food stuffs, to break ...