Scientists Capture Images Showing Light Emitted in Life Quickly Fades After Death

A faint glow surrounds living beings. And disappears at death. Researchers have now captured this light figuratively. But what does it really say?

Reminds of Hokuspokus, but has been known for years: living beings have a kind of aura – a very weak, measurable light. Scientists have now studied it more closely in mice and plants.

Living beings surround a measurable light – which goes out when they die. This may also apply to humans. The light particles, called photons, arise in cell metabolism. With new imaging systems, they could now be made visible.

Researchers record how life’s glow fades after death

New research reveals evidence of a faint glow emitted by living organisms – and what it could mean for medicine, plants and beyond.

All living beings emit a subtle light that fades after death

University of Calgary researchers have discovered that all living organisms emit extremely faint light undetectable to the human eye.

Observed in mice and leaves, it is linked to cell activity (ANSA)