A surprising new study says living things, like mice and plants, give off a faint glow that stops when they die. Scientists from the University of Calgary and Canada’s National Research Council used special cameras to catch tiny bits of light, called biophotons, coming from mouse cells and plant leaves. They found that healthy, living cells release these low-energy photons, but the glow fades away right after death.
For example, when they tested injured and uninjured leaves, the hurt parts glowed brighter for hours. In mice, the light dropped sharply after death. The researchers think this glow might come from chemical reactions in living cells, though they’re not sure exactly how it works. They say it’s a big deal because it’s the first time anyone has seen this light stop in a whole animal, hinting that humans might emit a similar glow that vanishes when we pass away.
Source: Science Alert
