The yellow food coloring tartrazine changes the speed at which light travels through tissuesUniversity of Texas at Dallas Massaging a common food dye onto the skin of living mice turned their tissues transparent, allowing us to see their blood vessels...
Saline nasal drops could stop children sneezing soonerONFOKUS.COM, SEBASTIEN COTE/Getty Images Nasal saline drops seem to speed our recovery from common colds. In the latest study on this, children treated with a homemade version of these drops stopped experiencing symptoms,...
September 5, 20245 min readScientists Make Living Mice’s Skin Transparent with Simple Food DyeNew research harnessed the highly absorbent dye tartrazine, used as the common food coloring Yellow No. 5, to turn tissues in living mice clear—temporarily revealing organs and...
A scanning electron micrograph of Synechococcus cyanobacteriaEYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Despite being among the simplest forms of life on Earth, cyanobacteria are able to anticipate and prepare for the changing seasons based on the amount of light they are...
A little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) with white-nose syndrome, which has ravaged bat populations across the USpiemags/FWL / Alamy Stock Photo The decline of bats in the US due to the spread of a fungal disease reduced farmers’ earnings and...
Hurricane Beryl was one of only three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin so far this seasonNASA Earth Observatory For the past 27 years, without fail, the Labor Day holiday weekend in the US has featured a storm in the Atlantic...
Supermodel Elle Macpherson declined chemotherapy to treat breast cancerAustralian Associated Press/Alamy Half of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives, but how many will be able to consult dozens of doctors and then feel confident rejecting mainstream...
Asteroid 2024 RW1 seen over the PhilippinesAllan Madelar/Facebook The surprise discovery of asteroid 2024 RW1, mere hours before it hit Earth harmlessly this week, may have you wondering whether we are at risk of larger space rocks coming out of...
Astronaut Tim Peake explaining space travelJohn Gaffen/Alamy Dear readers, New Scientist Live is one of my favourite weekends each year, and so it is with great excitement that I can say it is now just over a month away. On 12...
Highlights from the Concept PaperFocus on Community and ConnectionAt every LTC convening I have attended, a question recurs: how does Latinidad unite us, and will it be enough to unite us in the future? We are comprised of such different...
