Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wine has been made by humans for about 7,000 years, and experts agree that until quite recently it may not have tasted very good.

Florian Schattenmann, Cargill’s chief technology officer, explains how a technology that's been around for decades could help ...

Oklahoma State University was recently issued a patent that could significantly increase biofuel and chemical yields while reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Hasan Atiyeh, professor of biosystems and ...

KANSAS CITY — Precision fermentation is emerging as a leading edge of food and beverage ingredient innovation. The list of companies investing in the process is growing, and the ingredients under ...

Imagine a world where vehicles run on beer. Some might think of this as a devastating waste of good hops, but a University of Maryland (UMD) team sees a lot of promise for the idea. The team has been ...

Enduro Genetics, a Denmark-based start-up, aims to increase efficiency in biomanufacturing. By getting producing cells ‘addicted’ to production, the start-up aims to vastly improve production ...

Melissa Perello is the executive chef at Octavia and Frances, in San Francisco. When we were in the process of opening Octavia, I met Berkeley-based pottery artist Sarah Kersten at a flea market event ...