It was published in “Science” earlier this month. As part of the experiment, water and the dye called tartrazine were applied to the skin on the abdomen and skulls of mice. Tartrazine is ...

Doritos might be known for spicing up snack time, but Stanford researchers have discovered that a dye in the chips can also turn mice translucent. The study, published on Sept. 6 in the journal ...

“For those who understand the fundamental physics behind this, it makes sense; but if you aren’t familiar with it, it looks like magic trick,” Dr Zihao Ou said A common food dye found in the ...

Sustainable composites manufacturer Exel Composites (Vantaa, Finland) has announced a new purchasing agreement with chemical manufacturing giant Ineos (Dublin, Ohio, U.S.) for more than 100 metric ...

Stanford University researchers have discovered that tartrazine, a yellow-orange food dye found in Doritos, can make mouse skin transparent. This allows for non-invasive study of tissues and organs.

A principle in physics known as the Kramers-Kronig relations explains how if a material absorbs more light of one color, such as blue, this increased absorption will change how light of a ...

Scientists have stumbled upon a somewhat bizarre discovery: a common food coloring used in snacks can temporarily turn mouse skin transparent. The dye—known as FD&C Yellow 5 or tartrazine—allows ...

The researchers chose tartrazine because the dye's molecules absorb blue and ultraviolet light, which makes it easier for light to pass through the mouse skin. “For those who understand the ...

Massaging a common food dye onto the skin of living mice turned their tissues transparent, allowing us to see their blood vessels and organs at work. The technique could one day help doctors look ...

The “magic” uses insights from the field of optics. Light-absorbing dye molecules enhance the transmission of light through the skin by suppressing the tissue’s ability to scatter light.

In mere minutes, smearing mice with a common food dye can make a desired portion of their skin almost as transparent as glass. In a study published today in Science, researchers spread a solution ...

Like fog, it scatters light, which is why it cannot be seen through. "We combined the yellow dye, which is a molecule that absorbs most light, especially blue and ultraviolet light, with skin ...