This agent was tartrazine, a popular yellow-orange food dye called FD&C Yellow 5 that is ... they moved to thinly sliced chicken breasts and to live mice. The “transparency lotion” needed ...

In a fascinating experiment using mice, researchers applied tartrazine to the animals' skin. When rubbed onto the belly, the dye allowed scientists to clearly see the liver, intestines ...

Soon enough, that might be a possibility. And if you’re a lab mouse, it’s already possible. A team of researchers applied tartrazine, a yellow synthetic dye found in Cheetos, Kool-Aid, and Doritos, to ...

Matching refractive indexes lets some wavelengths pass cleanly through the skin.

The headline would catch the eye of a person with acute cataracts: Scientists Use Dye Found in Doritos to Make Mice Transparent. Pardon?? So, of course, after spotting that headline, I rushed right ...

For World of Warcraft players— or MMO enthusiasts in general— the best mice for MMOs can make all the difference in terms of comfort, ease, and performance. Compared to the traditional FPS ...

As the fall semester progresses, exciting discoveries continue to emerge across academia. This week’s highlights include a dye that renders mouse skin “transparent,“ a super precise nuclear-powered ...