Chemical Cocktail Turns Mice Clear 145
sciencehabit writes "Researchers have serendipitously discovered that a mixture of urea, glycerol, and soap makes membranes transparent. When they tried the mixture on a developing mouse fetus, they found that it removed all of the pigment from the cells, rendering the fetus completely transparent. The technique allowed scientists to see fluorescent neurons buried several millimeters in the brain."
wow (Score:5, Funny)
Hold up on your patents! (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kakweRCSd_s&feature=player_detailpage#t=87s [youtube.com]
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Greatest obituary line ever... (Score:5, Funny)
Eaten alive by invisible rats.
Science is about making horrible dreams a reality.
Re:Greatest obituary line ever... (Score:5, Funny)
Done and done.
Re:Phew! (Score:4, Funny)
Mice aren't dumb enough to fall for that.
Are you ponderin' what I'm ponderin'? (Score:5, Funny)
- That we turn ourselves invisible and take over the world?
- EXACTLY
Re:Discovered in a previously unknown manuscript (Score:3, Funny)
I... I don't see what you did there.