The mammalian sense of taste has an exquisite ability to differentiate subtle variations in flavour. An artificial tongue has now been developed with the ability to amplify and sense analytes that before may have gone unnoticed.
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Lavigne, J. Tastes good to me. Nature Mater 6, 548–549 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1972
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