A team of researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on a new graphene-based sensor design ...

A sore throat, loss of taste, and a burning tongue are telltale signs something is wrong. But the culprit might surprise you.

The perception of taste is remarkably complex, not only on the tongue but in organs throughout the body.

If you can’t seem to get the taste of onion, garlic or cheese out your mouth after brushing, you might benefit from a tongue scraper. As one of the most flexible muscles in the body, the tongue ...

An electronic tongue that can replicate flavours like cake and fish soup could help recreate food in virtual reality, but can’t yet simulate other things that influence taste, such as smell.

The tongue has distinct taste zones: The tongue map, showing specific areas for each taste, is a myth. All tastes can be detected across all parts of the tongue.

A new review in the New England Journal of Medicine reassessed how the human tongue and tastebuds work and found that much of what we know about taste mapping is completely incorrect — and much ...

A demonstration of potential applications of e-Taste electromagnetic actuator used for controlled taste release on different regions of the tongue. Chen et al., Sci. Adv. 11, eadr4797 (2025) ...

The tongue may indeed have a taste for cheesecake, french fries and butter cookies, according to study.

Pennsylvania State University researchers developed an AI tongue that lets robots taste food, potentially expanding their functions.