From left to right: Ahmad Elgazzar, graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at Rice; Haotian Wang, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, materials science and ...

New research reveals that bubbles are not necessary to experience the unique ‘bite’ of carbonated beverages, which actually comes from carbonic acid. Bubbles do, however, enhance carbonation’s bite ...

What gives carbonated drinks their zesty bite? Bubbles might be your first guess — but you’d be wrong. In fact, bubbles aren’t needed to experience the burning sensation, but they do enhance it, ...