Artificial tongue uses milk to determine heat level in spicy foods (IMAGE)

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Artificial tongue uses milk to determine heat level in spicy foods

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This transparent square acts like an artificial tongue, reacting to capsaicin and similar pungent compounds in proportion to a food’s spiciness.

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Weijun Deng, adapted from ACS Sensors 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.5c01329

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