How do you study something that is nearly invisible? That’s what scientists are trying to understand by studying glassfrogs, which become transparent to avoid predators while they’re sleeping. To do so, these tiny animals have the ability to hide their red blood cells in mirror-coated livers without developing blood clots. A better understanding of this process could have big implications for human medicine. Junjie Yao and Vladislav V. Verkhusha developed a new biomedical imaging technique called photoacoustic microscopy that’s making it possible to not only understand how glassfrogs become transparent, but it is also helping scientists visualize human biology in a new way. The colors in the image represent how deep the blood vessels are: 🔴-🟡 = Deep vessels 🟢-🔵 = Shallow vessels #ImagingTheFuture #GlassFrog #SciTech #microscopy #biology #science #microscope #tech #StayCurious #imaging #innovation #NewTechnology