I Told You!
STOP Eating Those Cheetos!
Posted on 09/08/2024 9:54:43 AM PDT by thecodont
X-ray specs and invisibility cloaks are the stuff of sci-fi and fantasy, but sometimes science is just stranger than fiction. A food dye that helps give certain sodas and snacks their hallmark orange hue renders mouse skin almost completely see-through in a reversible, potentially non-toxic research method that could transform medical and scientific imaging. Because of a counterintuitive fundamental physics principle, Tartrazine, also known as Yellow 5, can temporarily turn biological tissue transparent to the naked eye, as described in a study published September 5 in the journal Science.
So far, the scientists behind the new discovery have used the method to see the organs in a mouse’s intact abdomen, glimpse the pulsing vessels surrounding a rodent skull, and to get an exceptionally clear view of muscle tissue through a microscope. With further safety and efficacy research, the method may spur new scientific findings, boost microscopy advances, and improve medical diagnostic strategies and treatments.
“I instantly looked at it and went, ‘my god, this is revolutionary,’” says Christopher Rowlands, a senior lecturer and biophotonics researcher at Imperial College London. Rowlands wasn’t involved in the study, but wrote an accompanying perspective article on it after he acted as a reviewer for the research. “In optics, we spend an awful lot of time trying to increase [how well we can see into tissue] by 20 percent or 50 percent. These guys come along and they annihilate the boundary by a factor of 10.” The most advanced current optical imaging (i.e. non-invasive, and not reliant on radiation) techniques might allow a scientist to see a couple of millimeters into live tissue, but the new method could make detail more than a centimeter deep visible to the naked eye, says Rowlands. “It’s not magic, but it’s still very powerful,” he adds.
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Hmm...”Doc, I got a tummy ache.” “Here - eat this bag of Doritos and let’s have a look.”
Best thing since fistulated cows!
Sounds like a new tik tok challenge... /s
”Far out....”
I can’t stand Doritos
Should be all they serve to politicians.
Great now kids will want to eat more Doritos so they can become invisible
LOL! Nice to know if you’re a straight male but still like to hang out in women’s shower rooms.
Doritos looks like floating industrial waste.
Tasty poison garbage. Bad mumbo.
Doritos?
This will make it easy for coppers to identify stoned drivers.
“Driverless” vehicles.
This scientific breakthrough is great, and deserves my “New!” designation.
But don’t eat Doritos! Eat home fries instead.
P
Here’s a pic of the mouse:
It reminds me of that old gag, Scientists found that sodium cyclamate caused cancer in laboratory rats. Right then, I swore I would never eat another laboratory rat.
Ha ha,! Nice touch.
LOL 🤣🤣🤣
Watch your language! Kids are on this website!
Afterward the mouse ran around uttering shrikes of pain, then cured up in a corner with its paws curled and a rictus of pain on its face.
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