KCRW27 天
Scientists are making mice transparent using a common food dye
Or maybe futuristic Star Trek-level science. Either way, the headlines were stunning: "Scientists use food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice." No, this wasn't achieved by witchcraft.
Cheetos food dye turns mice transparent — and scientists say there’s a simple explanation
Researchers have uncovered the fact that a popular food dye used in Cheetos can turn mice’s skin completely transparent — ...
Kaleido Scope22 天
A closer look at food dyes
“The top three artificial food dyes — Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6 — constitute 90 percent of all food dye usage in the U.S.,” Davis said ... “Common dyes may appear under names like Red 40 or Yellow ...
EurekAlert!2 个月
Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing molecules (IMAGE)
Dr. Zihao Ou, assistant professor of physics at The University of Texas at Dallas, holds a vial of the common yellow food coloring tartrazine in solution. In an article published in Science ...