Forensic chemistry major Simone Fore, left, and Kyarra Beck, right, record and collect soil to test the volatile compounds that make a body smell during decomposition at Western Carolina ...

No matter where the body is buried, the microbial network behind the cadaver’s decomposition remains essentially the same. Researchers from Colorado State University (CSU) and the University of ...

Increases in decomposition rates may be problematic for the global carbon cycle and for animals, like insects and fish, that live in streams because the food resources they need to survive will ...

Human activities shape global patterns of decomposition rates in rivers. Science, 2024; DOI: 10.1126/science.adn1262 ...

Chemist says tests of air samples from car trunk don't show human decomposition. June 22, 2011 — -- A forensic chemist testifying in the Casey Anthony trial said today that the car belonging ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a body in "advanced stages of decomposition" that was found on Tuesday night. Officers responded to the 1300 block ...