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 ...

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 to ...

According to a study published Thursday in the journal Cell, scientists have developed a chemical treatment that turns lab mice transparent. ... It takes roughly two days to make a mouse’s organs ...

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 ...

“For those who understand the fundamental physics behind this, it makes sense; but if you aren’t familiar with it, it looks like magic trick,” Dr Zihao Ou said A common food dye found in the popular ...

Last year, scientists did the wacky and cool thing of making a mouse brain transparent. Now they’ve gone and done it to an entire mouse by pumping detergent through its veins. The transparent mouse ...

A novel reversible, noninvasive technique to observe neuron formation and firing in juvenile mice has been developed. During childhood and adolescence, our brain goes through a lot of changes. But ...