Scientists say they've used a common food dye to render the skin of a mouse transparent, revealing the workings of blood vessels and organs underneath. Image by Keyi "Onyx" Li/U.S. National Science ...

Researchers have succeeded in temporarily turning the skin of mice transparent by smearing them with common food dye. While it's not clear yet whether this approach is safe for humans, the scientists ...

Scientists discovered that the yellow dye in Cheetos can make mouse skin transparent. The dye, tartrazine, is commonly used in foods like Cheetos, Doritos, and Kool-Aid. The technique could have ...

In H.G. Wells’ 1897 science fiction novel, “The Invisible Man,” the protagonist invents a serum that makes the cells in his body transparent by controlling how they bend light. More than 100 years ...

Transparent bodies of animals are seldom seen in the wild. There are glassfrogs and ghost shrimps in the list. However, there's a way to make a non-transparent body become "see-through" using a common ...

Cheetos might look like an appetizing snack to most folks, but scientists have revealed something quite startling about the yellow dye used in this cheesy snack. According to a paper published last ...

SUPERMAN ASIDE, peeking inside a living body requires advanced technology. But even with the most sophisticated imaging techniques the resulting pictures are often unclear. Some things are obscured ...

It seems like a kind of superpower, but scientists say they've used a common food dye to render the skin of a mouse transparent, revealing the workings of blood vessels and organs underneath. It's not ...