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 ...

More than 100 years later, scientists have discovered a real-life version of the substance: A commonly used food coloring can make the skin of a mouse temporarily transparent, allowing scientists ...

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. A coloring agent ...

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 ...

When applied to the mouse’s abdomen ... which meant that the transparent skin tinted everything red. The second issue was the depth of penetration. The lotion worked well only at spots where ...

Scientists at Stanford University were recently able to make a mouse's skin transparent using a common food dye, something the study's author told Fox News Digital could have exciting benefits for ...

A common food dye found in the popular snack Doritos can turn a mouse's skin transparent, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Stanford University. In the paper titled Achieving ...

If you could prevent the normal scattering at the interface, you could reveal the structures underneath, effectively rendering skin transparent ... into the skin of mice, the researchers were ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.