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First wine, now beer. Each day we’re learning of new, devastating impacts of climate change, and what’s now brewing has researchers sounding the alarm on the future of European beer, thanks to a steady decline in the quality and quantity of the all-imp… Continue reading Hoppy ending: Dire times ahead for beer and its flavors, study warns
Researchers have discovered that a chemical in the brain makes alcohol taste bitter to women and may explain the difference in drinking habits between the sexes. The discovery could pave the way for novel treatments to help women curb excessive alcohol… Continue reading Brain chemical affects how women taste alcohol, changes drinking habits
A new study that investigated the effect that drinking alcohol has on men’s perceptions of attractiveness may have disproven one well-known drinking-related phenomenon while providing supporting evidence for another. The researchers say the findings ha… Continue reading “Beer goggles” may be a myth but “liquid courage” isn’t, study suggests
3D printed materials have come a long way in the last decade or so as printers have become more and more mainstream. Printers can use all kinds of different plastics …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Engine Gets Carburetor
Shaken or stirred? How about turbine-blasted at 150 rpm? Possibly the most British product of 2023, the all-new Martini Mixer from Callum was developed in collaboration with British Airways and British watchmaker Bremont and gives a quiet nod to everyo… Continue reading $3,800 aircraft-inspired motor mixer turbocharges amateur bartending
Most of the cocktail-mixing automatic bartender products we’ve seen over the years look suitable only for a kitchen counter or home bar … or a full-blown commercial operation. The original Barsys cocktail machine looks like something that belongs onl… Continue reading Halo-like smart bar auto-mixes 1,000s of cocktails in your living room
According to a study conducted last year, just four alcoholic drinks per week can contribute to cognitive decline. Now, based on tests on mice, researchers may have found a way to fight booze’s brain-hampering effects with the potent red ginseng root.C… Continue reading Red ginseng may counter some of alcohol’s brain-blasting effects
If your local hummingbird is getting a bit aggressive, it may have a drinking problem. A recent study by University of California, Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley indicates that, along with nectar, hummingbirds get alcohol from flowers and feeders.Con… Continue reading Are hummingbirds getting drunk on flowers?
Beer from a can just ain’t the same as beer from a tap, and a lot of it’s about the foam. The Japanese take their beer foam pretty seriously, it would seem, and a design team reckons it’s worked out how to deliver the perfect pour using an extra tab.Co… Continue reading Dual-tab beer can targets the perfect pour
Researchers in China have created a probiotic specially designed to release an alcohol-metabolizing enzyme called ADH1. Then they fed the substance to mice and got them drunk. The results showed success in keeping the mice from getting too buzzed, and … Continue reading Engineered probiotic helps mice shake off alcohol buzz