Every living thing on Earth appears to carry a hidden shimmer, a vanishingly faint light that is woven into the chemistry of life itself. That glow is so weak that our eyes will never see it unaided, ...

All living things, including humans, constantly emit a ghostly glow – and it appears to vanish almost as soon as we die. Monitoring this signal could one day help track forest health or even detect ...

The Department of Homeland Security wants to buy new radiation detection equipment for ports. Alarms on the existing equipment are set off by bananas and kitty litter and other things that emit ...

Every electronic device in your home emits some form of radiation. But it's important to understand exactly what that means. When you hear "radiation," you might picture X-rays, radioactive materials, ...

A team of researchers has improved a new generation of organic-inorganic hybrid materials that can improve image quality in X-ray machines, CT scans and other radiation detection and imaging ...

Living organisms quietly emit light. This glow is real, measurable, and tied to life itself. Researchers at the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada have now shown that ...