When Devin Peterson bit into a Scotch bonnet pepper, he expected fire. What he got instead was something much tamer. The chili was rated at 800 Scoville units — supposed to deliver a good sting — but ...

The molecular structure of an enzyme from a marine bacterium with potential industrial uses has been determined by RIKEN ...

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