The 11-Year Quest to Create Disappearing Colored Bubbles
by John B. Carnett John B. Carnett View Photo GalleryTim Kehoe has stained the whites of his eyes deep blue. He's also stained his face, his car, several bathtubs and a few dozen children. He's had to...
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What: Fluorescence-Assisted Resection and Exploration, a new technique that makes cancerous tissue glow during surgery, one cell at a timeWhere: BostonWhy: Of the 1.5 million cases of cancer diagnosed...
View ArticleThe Blue Dye in M&Ms Cures Spinal Injuries
Awwwww University of Rochester The next time someone tries to argue that all M&Ms are the same, no matter the color, you can tell them about the blue M&M. The candy (like Gatorade and other...
View ArticleThe 11-Year Quest to Create Disappearing Colored Bubbles
Tim Kehoe has stained the whites of his eyes deep blue. He's also stained his face, his car, several bathtubs and a few dozen children. He's had to evacuate his family…
View ArticleCut-by-Color Surgery
What: Fluorescence-Assisted Resection and Exploration, a new technique that makes cancerous tissue glow during surgery, one cell at a time Where: Boston Why: Of the 1.5…
View ArticleThe Blue Dye in M&Ms Cures Spinal Injuries
The next time someone tries to argue that all M&Ms; are the same, no matter the color, you can tell them about the blue M&M.; The candy (like Gatorade and other products)…
View ArticleSmell-Visualizing Colorimeter Can Fingerprint Coffee Aromas and Toxic Gases
A cheap meter can now translate the most esoteric coffee aromas into pretty colored dot patterns that anyone can recognize. The device also works like a radiation dose badge…
View ArticleScientists Color Silk By Feeding Silkworms Fabric Dyes
Brown cows may not actually make chocolate milk, but pink silkworms do produce pink skeins of silk, a team of scientists has discovered. To see if they could produce…
View ArticleYour Blue Jeans Can Trace Their Origins To Peru, 6,000 Years Ago
Science People have been coloring cloth blue for much longer than we thought A new study published in Science Advances today found that people in Peru have been dying fabrics with indigo plants for...
View ArticleThe 11-Year Quest to Create Disappearing Colored Bubbles
Science Chemical burns, ruined clothes, 11 years, half a million dollars-it's not easy to improve the world's most popular toy. Yet the success of one inventor's quest to dye a simple soap bubble may...
View ArticleCut-by-Color Surgery
Science Dyes pinpoint cancer, make it easier to remove What: Fluorescence-Assisted Resection and Exploration, a new technique that makes cancerous tissue glow during surgery, one cell at a time Where:...
View ArticleThe Blue Dye in M&Ms Cures Spinal Injuries
Science Thanks to miracle compound BBG, mice turn blue, regain ability to walk The next time someone tries to argue that all M&Ms; are the same, no matter the color, you can tell them about the...
View ArticleSmell-Visualizing Colorimeter Can Fingerprint Coffee Aromas and Toxic Gases
Technology A cheap meter can now translate the most esoteric coffee aromas into pretty colored dot patterns that anyone can recognize. The device also works like a radiation dose badge… A cheap meter...
View ArticleScientists Color Silk By Feeding Silkworms Fabric Dyes
Science The process is designed to be more environmentally friendly than traditional dyeing. Brown cows may not actually make chocolate milk, but pink silkworms do produce pink skeins of silk, a team...
View ArticleYour Blue Jeans Can Trace Their Origins To Peru, 6,000 Years Ago
Science People have been coloring cloth blue for much longer than we thought A new study published in Science Advances today found that people in Peru have been dying fabrics with indigo plants for...
View ArticleIndigo, vermillion, and other ancient colors that have decorated the world...
Science Humans have been searching for newer, better colors since, well, forever. Few colors can compete with the origin story of the recently discovered sahara pink, but the idea of natural pigments...
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