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See Through Science

Three days marinating in a sugar-water sauce turns opaque tissue (left) to clear (right), allowing scientists to probe the inner workings of the brain and other organs. The combination of fructose, water, and small amounts of other chemicals is a new technique called See Deep Brain. It works by reducing the scattering that occurs when light passes through materials with differing refractive properties.The technique, described online this week in Nature Neuroscience.