Once researchers wash off the dye, the mice lost their translucency and the dye is excreted through urine, according to the university site's description of the study. “It’s important that the ...

Historians recently unveiled their findings about an ancient purple dye factory located in modern-day Israel — revealing a glimpse into life during biblical times. In an article recently ...

Now, Zihao Ou at the University of Texas at Dallas and his colleagues have turned tissues transparent in living mice by rubbing the food dye tartrazine, also known as E102 or Yellow 5, onto their ...

Researchers at Stanford University made the skin of mice transparent using the yellow no. 5 food dye, otherwise known as tartrazine, that's typically found on Doritos.

Plus, though the dye reduces photon scattering, it doesn’t entirely eliminate it, notes Rowlands. The thicker the tissue you use it on, the darker and less clear the resulting image will be.

Breast cancer does seem to be associated with permanent hair dye, though, Dr. White said. In a 2019 study involving more than 46,000 women, Dr. White and her colleagues found that those who used ...