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Comment by griffzhowl

A lot of comments are assuming this is just heat.

This is specifically not thermal (blackbody) radiation, which is negligible at the visible frequency range for mice at these temperatures. The researchers find a difference in visible wavelength emission between living and dead mice at the same temperature

This point is addressed on page 2 of the paper, accessible on bioarxiv:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.08.622743v1

parent griffzhowl 1 year ago

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