Tagged: Biochemistry

Browning apples in a plate.

Why Apple Turns Brown When Sliced?

Have you ever explored why apple slices tend to turn brownish when exposed to air? In this edition, we are going to find out the science behind this color transition phenomenon called as enzymatic browning....

How Anesthesia Works?

Anesthesia is one of the luxuries our ancestors couldn’t get in the earlier centuries, when their doctors had to open up their body and perform complex surgeries. If it weren’t for these body-numbing elixirs, our...

What Happens When Fruits Ripen?

Fruits are more delicious when they are ripened fully, and sometimes exquisite when they are at a certain point of time during the ripening process. So what makes them delicious? Why the fruits ripen and...