# Doritos dust makes mice transparent

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doritos-dust-makes-mice-transparent/1008670>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 11, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doritos-dust-makes-mice-transparent/1008670 "2024-10-11T21:08:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doritos-dust-makes-mice-transparent/1008670/1 "2024-10-11T21:08:50Z")

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Ok, it’s not really “dust”, but that sounds a lot catchier, right? And who knows what other mysteries of the universe can be unlocked with snack foods?

> **[How Scientists Made Mice Transparent Using Dye Found In Doritos](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2024/09/12/how-scientists-made-mice-transparent-using-dye-found-in-doritos/)**
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> Researchers at Stanford University made the skin of mice transparent using the yellow no. 5 food dye, otherwise known as tartrazine, that's typically found on Doritos.

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**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doritos-dust-makes-mice-transparent/1008670/2 "2024-10-12T00:48:24Z")

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I thought this part was funny:

> Transparent things such as glass are see-through because light can pass right through them without being bent. Putting substances like frosting on glass can make the glass less transparent because such substances begin bending or refracting the light in different ways.

I guess Doritos flavored frosting wouldn’t work.

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doritos-dust-makes-mice-transparent/1008670/3 "2024-10-12T13:51:15Z")

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Oh, great. Saturate your immediate environment with “Dorito Dust”(pat pending), and you can be overrun with scampering mouse guts in your house.

Please. No.

~VOW