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Screenshot of chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com: Making chicken transparent using Dorito dust

Making chicken transparent using Dorito dust (chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com)

335 points by crescit_eundo 9 days ago | 86 comments

Substack post describing an attempt to make chicken tissue transparent by soaking it in tartrazine, the yellow dye found on Doritos, based on a research paper.

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Screenshot of theguardian.com: Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent

Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent (theguardian.com)

332 points by _Microft 2 years ago | 136 comments

Guardian news article on researchers finding that a common food dye can make skin and muscle temporarily transparent, potentially aiding detection of injuries or tumours.

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#food-dye on Hacker News

Making chicken transparent using Dorito dust(chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com)

Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent(theguardian.com)

Making chicken transparent using Dorito dust (chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com)

Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent (theguardian.com)