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An artificial 'tongue' of gold to taste maple syrup

(University of Montreal) A chemistry professor at Université de Montréal has developed a new test using gold nanoparticles to establish the flavour profile of maple syrup and help producers evaluate its quality.




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Novel GPR120 agonist TUG891 modulates fat taste perception and preference and activates tongue-brain-gut axis in mice [Research Articles]

GPR120 is implicated as a lipid receptor in the oro-sensory detection of dietary fatty acids. However, the effects of GPR120 activation on dietary fat intake or obesity are not clearly understood. We investigated to determine whether the binding of TUG891, a novel GPR120 agonist, to lingual GPR120 modulates fat preference in mice. We explored the effects of TUG891 on obesity-related hormones and conducted behavioral choice tests on mice to better understand the physiologic relevance of the action of TUG891. In cultured mouse and human taste bud cells (TBCs), TUG891 induced a rapid increase in Ca2+ by acting on GPR120. A long-chain dietary fatty acid, linoleic acid (LA), also recruited Ca2+ via GPR120 in human and mouse TBCs. Both TUG891 and LA induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation and enhanced in vitro release of glucagon-like peptide-1 from cultured human and mouse TBCs. In situ application of TUG891 onto the tongue of anesthetized mice triggered the secretion of pancreatobiliary juice, probably via the tongue-brain-gut axis. Furthermore, lingual application of TUG891 altered circulating concentrations of cholecystokinin and adipokines, associated with decreased circulating LDL, in conscious mice. In behavioral tests, mice exhibited a spontaneous preference for solutions containing either TUG891 or LA instead of a control. However, addition of TUG891 to a solution containing LA significantly curtailed fatty acid preference. Our study demonstrates that TUG891 binds to lingual GPR120 receptors, activates the tongue-brain-gut axis, and modulates fat preference. These findings may support the development of new fat taste analogs that can change the approach to obesity prevention and treatment.




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Artificial tongue with gold taste buds to test maple syrup

Scientists in Quebec have developed an artificial tongue that can taste the flavor profiles of maple syrup, researchers revealed in a paper published on Tuesday.





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Every tribe and tongue and nation

A dream comes true - the first OM recruit from her country sends the next group of recruits to the OM ship.




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Frozen bull semen may have unleashed bluetongue virus on farm animals

The ongoing spread of bluetongue virus among European farm animals may have started when a cow was inseminated with infected bull semen stored from an earlier outbreak




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Cancer symptoms: The colour patch on your tongue that could signal a form of cancer



CANCER be tricky to detect because you may not experience any symptoms in the initial stages and when you do, they can be confused with more benign conditions. An easily overlooked sign of cancer is a colour patch on your tongue.




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The hard tiny hooks of a cat’s tongue are just one of its many wonders

Among other remarkable features, a cat’s tongue is covered in little spines, turning it into the world’s most magical hairbrush.




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Verve Lux tiny house puts its toilet over the trailer tongue

To gain more space, this tiny has its toilet in a bump-out built over the trailer tongue.





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cat tongues

Today on Toothpaste For Dinner: cat tongues





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Frozen bull semen may have unleashed bluetongue virus on farm animals

The ongoing spread of bluetongue virus among European farm animals may have started when a cow was inseminated with infected bull semen stored from an earlier outbreak




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Miley Cyrus sticks out her tongue and flashes her toned tummy

The 27-year-old Malibu singer not only stuck out her tongue for her 22-year-old boyfriend but she also lifted up her black top to reveal her toned tummy in a new clip taken by her lover.




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Dr Martin Scurr: What's the cause of my sore, cracked tongue? 

Q: For months I've had a sore tongue, and can't eat hot food, citrus fruit or spices. My GP prescribed drops, followed by a mouth gel, for thrush, but neither helped.




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Tony Abbott's former seat sparks tongue-in-cheek calls for wind turbines

The petition on change.org was launched three days ago and pleads with the newly-elected independent Zali Steggall to keep promise for climate change action by putting up wind turbines on Sydney beach.




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Madonna sticks out her tongue leaving Madame X tour gig in Chicago

Despite being two months into the gruelling schedule, Madonna proved she was still keeping her spirits up as she made a cheeky exit from her gig on Sunday.




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Madonna, 61, cheekily pulls tongues as she leaves her concert

Madonna appeared in high spirits as she cheekily stuck her tongue out while leaving her concert at the London Palladium on Sunday evening.




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Blue Tongue pair Carly and Leighton saved from Reno Rumble elimination as judges praise the pair for their 'perfect' nursery

In a 48-hour challenge with immunity up for grabs, the pressure was certainly on for the contestants of Reno Rumble during Wednesday night's episode. 




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Blue Tongues watch Steve storm off after argument with Michelle on Reno Rumble

Reno Rumble certainly lived up to its name on Thursday night's episode after Steve stormed off when he and wife Michelle had a massive row over the way tiles were laid in their bathroom.




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Reno Rumble's Blue Tongues begin competing against each other

The new week of Reno Rumble started off with a bang, as another 48-hour bedroom challenge was announced.




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Reno Rumble 2015: Blue Tongue captains Steve and Michelle threaten to walk out of challenge after Leighton and Carly intrude their building space  

In Wednesday's episode of Reno Rumble, the Blue Tongue team had 72 hours to get ahead of the Redbacks who were leading with three extra points. 




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Blue Tongues just beat the Redbacks on Reno Rumble 2015 by half a point

It was the final stretch of the 72-hour semi-finals challenge on Sunday night's episode of Reno Rumble.




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Blue Tongues Carly and Leighton win Reno Rumble's final 48-hour bedroom challenge

Being the final 48-hour challenge on Sunday night, it was certainly game on for the two remaining teams on Reno Rumble.  




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FEMME sizzles in new music video that sets tongues wagging

Released her new song 'Fire with Fire'




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Harry Styles reveals he once bit off part of his tongue after doing magic mushrooms

Harry Styles has admitted he takes psychedelics to assist the creative process when writing new music... and that he once bit off part of his tongue on magic mushrooms.




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Newborn giraffe is lovingly fawned over by its parents as they clean it with tongues in South Africa

The image was taken on the plains of a private wildlife estate in Mpumalanga, South Africa, by project manager and wildlife photographer Victor Soares, 46, who had been invited to the estate.




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Mother loses her hands, feet, nose, lips and tip of her tongue to sepsis following attack

Shaninlea Visser, 36, from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, was bitten by the mongoose at her former boss's home. Two days later she collapsed and was placed in an 11-day coma by doctors.




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Kylie Jenner's daughter Stormi, two, sticks her tongue out as she shows off her dinosaur 'tattoo'

On Sunday the 22-year-old billionaire shared several videos with her mini me daughter Stormi, aged two, whose father is rapper Travis Scott. They live in Hidden Hill, California.




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Muhammad Ali who thrilled us all (and had a tongue as quick as his fists!)

Muhammad Ali could be cruel, arrogant, and merciless, then he would turn a wicked phrase or smile a roguish smile, and the world would forgive him his trespasses, writes PATRICK COLLINS.




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A simple tongue test could diagnose pancreatic cancer before symptoms develop

A study by Zhejiang University, China, found patients in the early stages of the disease have higher levels of two types of bacteria in their mouths, while another two bugs are notably lower.




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Indonesian Instagram 'rich kid' designs handbag made from alligator tongue and human SPINE

Arnold Pultra, an Instagram 'rich kid', claims that his eerie product is 'ethically sourced' from medical surplus in Canada.




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Mother tongue or English?


With a multitude of problems and the diversity of languages, the medium of instruction remains a topic of impassioned debate. Teaching in the mother tongue fuels pride, but English is here to stay. Fostering multilingualism in our schools, however, is far from smooth sailing. Deepa A reports.




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Mother tongue: transforming a film into Mayan Ixil

Hayden Library - F1466.5.M68 2015




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Colorimetric identification of lanthanide ions based on two carboxylic acids as an artificial tongue

Analyst, 2020, 145,3359-3363
DOI: 10.1039/D0AN00357C, Paper
Chi Zhang, Juan Huang, Wei Wei, Zhengbo Chen
We report a colorimetric array, which consists of two carboxylic acids (quinolinic acid (QA), tannic acid (TCA)) as the sensor element and Eriochrome Black T (EBT) as the colorimetric signal readout.
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“In his native tongue”: A Fleeting Glimpse of the Irish Language in 19th Century America

With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner it’s perfect timing for an addendum to this post from a few years ago. It discussed the largely overlooked reality that many nineteenth century Irish immigrants spoke Irish, some exclusively. As it turns out, a curious exchange has turned up in a journal kept by the Irish Quaker merchant, Jacob Harvey,...

The post “In his native tongue”: A Fleeting Glimpse of the Irish Language in 19th Century America appeared first on New-York Historical Society.




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Predators: Chameleons Have Killer Fast Tongues

Chameleons are deceptively great hunters, with a tongue that can snipe prey in a split-second.




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Portrait of a tongue: [an experimental translation] / Yoko Tawada ; translated from the German with an introduction and commentary by Chantal Wright

Hayden Library - PT2682.A87 P6713 2013




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Prophecies of language: the confusion of tongues in German Romanticism / Kristina Mendicino

Hayden Library - PT148.R65 M45 2017




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A new taste for the tongue, ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies, and early evidence for dog breeding

This week we have stories on how we taste water, extracting ancient DNA from mummy heads, and the earliest evidence for dog breeding with Online News Editor David Grimm. Sarah Crespi talks to John Travis about postsurgical cognitive dysfunction—does surgery sap your brain power? Listen to previous podcasts. [Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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A high-throughput plasmonic tongue using an aggregation assay and nonspecific interactions: classification of taste profiles in maple syrup

Anal. Methods, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9AY01942A, Paper
Simon Forest, Trevor Théorêt, Julien Coutu, Jean-Francois Masson
A simple colorimetric test detects off-flavour profiles of maple syrups in minutes, which are detectable by the naked eye.
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Learning one's native tongue: citizenship, contestation, and conflict in America / Tracy B. Strong

Dewey Library - JK1759.S87 2019




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Dick wearing tie and sticking tongue out, standing in front of tree




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Blonde Bill, or, Deadwood Dick's home base : a romance of the "silent tongues"




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Estimating the effect of mid-frequency active sonar on the population health of Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) in the Tongue of the Ocean / David Moretti.

St Andrews, 2019.