Researchers made the skin on the skulls and bellies of live mice transparent by applying a mixture of water and a yellow food coloring called tartrazine. Washing away any remaining solution ...

This basically turned their skin transparent, an effect that easily reversed once the dye was washed away. The researchers applied the dye to the abdomen of mice and were able to watch neurons ...

Now, scientists have found one of the ingredients in the triangle-shaped tasty tortilla chips has a superpower – it can make the skin of mice transparent. Researchers at Stanford University ...

Because of a counterintuitive fundamental physics principle, Tartrazine, also known as Yellow 5, can temporarily turn biological tissue transparent ... surrounding a rodent skull, and to get ...

But when mixed with a little water and daubed on the skin of mice, the dye makes their skin nearly transparent. Researchers reported the new use for the common food dye today in the journal Science.

This is no puff piece. Researchers have uncovered the fact that a popular food dye used in Cheetos can turn mice’s skin completely transparent — making their organs visible. Tartrazine ...

A dye that helps to give Doritos their orange hue can also turn mouse tissues transparent, researchers have found. Applying the dye to the skin of live mice allowed scientists to peer through ...

Researchers have developed an ingenious way of making mice transparent, so that you can see their little organs, veins, and all their other fleshy circuitry with the naked eye. The secret?