Human bodies are not quite as dark as they look. A growing body of research suggests that living tissue constantly releases an ultraweak glow, a stream of photons that appears to switch off when life ...

Life, in its quietest moments, glows gently—so subtly that it’s invisible to your eyes but bright enough for science to detect. Recently, researchers from the University of Calgary and the National ...

Did you know that you’ve been glowing your whole life? No, you’re not bioluminescent like colorful jellyfish or bright fireflies, but you do emit a faint light that isn’t even visible to the naked eye ...

Two-photon vision is a novel method with great potential for the future of ophthalmic diagnostics. Although it has many advantages, it requires improvement in key areas. ICTER scientists have taken a ...

For decades, the ability to visualize the chemical composition of materials, whether for diagnosing a disease, assessing food quality, or analyzing pollution, depended on large, expensive laboratory ...