Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover chemistry, from its small molecules to its big questions. This article is more than 8 years old. Remember Zika virus? It ...

Our brain’s reward system is crucial for learning new things. Relying on the release of neurotransmitter dopamine, it is also a key reason behind why some things just feel so good- such as falling in ...

The idea of food addiction is a very controversial topic among scientists. Researchers from Aarhus University have delved into this topic and examined what happens in the brains of pigs when they ...

Oreo is launching a zero-sugar cookie in the US, trading cane sugar for artificial sweeteners. The move has split the ...

Two Oreo Zero Sugar cookies have 90 calories, 4.5 grams of fat and 16 grams of carbohydrates. A serving of regular Oreos, ...

Human breast milk contains a molecular secret that science has spent decades trying to replicate. These human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) account for just one per cent of breast milk, yet they train ...

The latest "villain" in the never-ending war against sugar substitutes is erythritol, a sugar alcohol. Is this a sugar? An alcohol? Steve and Irving, our miserable hosts of The Dreaded Chemistry ...

Competitive baking is a hot category of television, and one skill that regularly trips up TV bakers is making dainty decorations using melted sugar. Criss DCosta, a PhD student in Ruchi Anand’s lab at ...

In June, the U.S. Department of Energy made an announcement that seemed fairly banal — it set aside $100 million this year to fund 22 new Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) and renew several ...