“massaging tartrazine solution into hairless mouse skin over the course of a few minutes or using microneedling achieves “complete optical transparency in the red region of the visible spectrum”

I know it didn’t happen this way but I like to believe it was someone having their unwashed dorito fingers after lunch, decided to massage a mouse for several minutes, and figuring this out

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago

No that's probably exactly what happened. Most discoveries happen serendipitously.

[–] sudo@lemmy.today 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Their name, Lennie.

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Come to think of it, I didn't see any claims about no animals being harmed...

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It says pretty clearly it's potentially non-toxic!

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I was referring to Lennie, not the dye

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a masturbation injury if I've ever heard of one, the mouse is clearly a cover

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A scientist frantically looking for something to rub dorito dust on, before everyone else get into the lab the next morning.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Smoke some, eat snacks and try using real mouse with your laptop.