Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but a rat called Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that.

This is no puff piece. Researchers have uncovered the fact that a popular food dye used in Cheetos can turn mice’s skin completely transparent — making their organs visible. Tartrazine ...

In an article published in Science, Ou and his collegues report that they made the skin on the skulls and abdomens of live mice transparent by applying to the areas a mixture of water and tartrazine.

Scientists say a new scanning method involving a transparent mouse, can identify tiny tumours and could revolutionise medical research. Read more on the story here. The eclipse won't be total ...