Using a sharp blade and making slow cuts results in less mist moving at slower speeds, keeping the mist layer below eye level. By contrast, a dull knife and fast cuts increase the number and energy of ...

TIRED of tears when chopping onions at dinnertime? Scientists have finally come up with a way around it. An onion-slicing ...

The Mist That Makes Us Weep When an onion is cut, cells fracture and release an enzyme‑driven chemical that becomes ...

With a high-speed camera and a tiny guillotine, scientists showed that chopping onions slowly and with sharper knives cuts down on tears.

Chopping onions is an age-old problem. Cutting them irritates your eyes and makes you cry bitter tears, but it's also hard to find a savory dish that you can't improve with some cut-up onions. What's ...

In experiments by researchers from Cornell University in the US, sharper blades and slower cuts significantly reduced the ...

There are many varieties of onions, all with different flavor profiles and uses, though each helps to build the base of a savory, aromatic dish. Onions can be sliced, diced, wedged, or halved, but ...

Whether you're a pro chef or a cookery novice, chopping an onion is one of the first things you learn to do in the kitchen. But, according to mathematicians, you may have been chopping onions wrong ...

Agatha Windig is probably on to something with her observation that contact lenses stop the tears while chopping onions, but not that it involves the iris and pupil. A rigid gas-permeable lens would ...