Researchers investigated how the process of human body decomposition affected microbial life of the surrounding soil microbiome. One factor that may play an important role is body mass index (BMI ...

But if the remains have been treated with chemicals, like those used during embalming processes, the decomposition process will be drastically slowed. Without embalming, a human body that is ...

The body farm is officially known as the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF). The outdoor research lab is reserved for the study of the decomposition of human bodies. It is 26 acres and ...

What truly happens to the human body after death? From the first minutes to long-term decomposition, we explore the ...

Now, a multidisciplinary team—engineers, soil scientists, and biologists—digs in with them for a deeper look at what happens to the soil underneath a decomposing body. Their study, “Soil Elemental ...

The terrifying simulation shows how the body decomposes from flesh and blood into a skeleton with the process starting almost ...

AFP via Getty Images Authorities would’ve likely needed to preserve the body quickly to prevent the rapid onset of decomposition ... more respectful to the human body, Euronews reported.

Chris Johnson, 39, was taken into custody Monday, a couple of days after Coffee County deputies found 18 bodies in various stages of decomposition ... that one of the human bodies was a child ...

A Missoula law firm says the Butte-Silver Bow Coroner’s Office allowed a man’s body to “suffer significant decomposition ... and refrigeration of human remains and communicating autopsy ...

If they had, however, there might be enough bacteria already in the body to allow for some sort of decomposition. The decomposition process would be slow, though, seeing as there is no oxygen in space ...