Lipid oxidation is a fundamental chemical process affecting both food quality and human health. This phenomenon, which involves the degradation of unsaturated fatty acids through radical chain ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world's population, yet we still only partly understand the nutrients it contains. More than ...

Digestion is the process by which food breaks down into smaller compounds to allow the release and absorption of nutrients along the digestive tract. Studies have proven the significant impact of ...

A study shows that the microbial communities inside whales may play an important role in the digestion of one of the ocean's most abundant carbon-rich lipids, known as a wax ester. A study by ...

The exchange of gases between the air we breathe and our blood takes place via alveoli – tiny air sacs in our lungs. For this process to run smoothly, the epithelial cells of the alveoli produce a ...