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. Image by Keyi "Onyx" Li/U.S. National Science ...

When you hear 'making skin transparent,' it may sound like an absurd science fiction or supernatural power. However, a research team at Stanford University has succeeded in developing a technology ...

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 ...

See-through mice may bring to mind an image from a science fiction movie, or maybe a horror movie, but this is no movie magic. Researchers have found a way to make mice transparent. The study was led ...

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 ...

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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 new scanning method involving a see-through mouse could improve how cancer drugs are tested, by picking up tumours previously too small to detect. Prof Ali Ertürk of the Helmholtz Munich research ...

Neuroscientists have developed a way to turn an entire mouse, including its muscles and internal organs, transparent while illuminating the nerve paths that run throughout its body. The process, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A warm, furry mouse has been transformed into a pale, gooey-looking "see-through" version of its ...