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Chemical Cocktail Turns Mice Clear

Posted by samzenpus on from the thank-you-science dept.

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."

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  1. Re:wow by Low+Ranked+Craig · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The TSA are disgusting. I just had a fairly bad experience with them and I won't bore you with the details, but I will say categorically that John Pistole and company are lying about the procedures they use and how they go about things. At sky harbor airport in Phoenix they simply run everyone through the scanners - you can choose the scanner, the pat down or not to enter the secure area. that's it. I watched a news conference with TSA officials the night before I flew and they unequivocally state that you only get enhanced screening if you fail the other screening or are selected for some other reason and that on average only 3% are screened that way. Absolutely and completely untrue. And yeah, the TSA are "only doing their jobs". Well, yeah, so were the brownshirts in the 1930's. Our civil rights are being eroded on numerous fronts, but I guess it's all OK as long as no one misses the next episode of American Idol and everyone gets a shiny new iPhone. anyplace within 1,000 miles I need to go I'm driving, or I'm not going no matter how much I want to - I refuse to carry a bottle of lube with me everywhere I go.

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  2. Re:wow by rednip · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    . And yeah, the TSA are "only doing their jobs". Well, yeah, so were the brownshirts in the 1930's.

    Someone shit in your cereal this morning? Nice ad hominem rant there

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  3. Re:H.G. Wells had it first by An+ominous+Cow+art · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Weird... I posted this, then went and did some metamoderation. The second comment for me to metamoderate was the one I'm replying to. I wonder whether if I go do metamod again, whether I'll get this comment?

  4. Re:H.G. Wells had it first by An+ominous+Cow+art · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In case anyone cares, I did, and parent comment was the first in the metamod list.

    Infinity karma, here I come!

  5. Re:Greatest obituary line ever... by rubycodez · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Science is about making horrible dreams a reality. Religion is about giving you the horrible dreams.