One of the four main components of beer, yeast is often overlooked in favor of malt and hops. Here's what you should know.

Nutritional yeast comes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same species of wild yeast that is used to bake bread and brew beer. It’s cultivated in large fermentation tanks and fed a sugar-rich liquid, ...

The yeast was taken from 21 shards of beer or wine ... The team says it hopes to brew more beer using ancient techniques instead, and is looking for investors to explore commercial production.

The discovery of a surprising way yeast used to brew beer can survive starvation could open the door to new treatments for cancer. A new discovery about how cells survive stress could lead to ...