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New Study Reveals Living Beings Emit Mysterious Glow

5/18/2025

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Researchers at the University of Calgary, led by Vahid Salari, have unveiled a fascinating phenomenon: living beings emit a subtle glow, called ultraweak photon emission (UPE), which vanishes upon death. Their groundbreaking study, featured in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, proposes that UPE imaging could revolutionize non-invasive diagnostics in healthcare.

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Researchers at the University of Calgary, led by Vahid Salari, have unveiled a fascinating phenomenon: living beings emit a subtle glow, called ultraweak photon emission (UPE), which vanishes upon death. Their groundbreaking study, featured in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, proposes that UPE imaging could revolutionize non-invasive diagnostics in healthcare.