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Immediately after cardiac death, the most noticeable change is cooling of the body, a process known as algor mortis. Body ...

Washington Parish Sheriff's Office deputies said they believe that the human remains it found outside Bogalusa are of Carley ...

Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate cluttered spaces, and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch ...

This hybrid system lets researchers zoom in on living human cells with incredible detail. This offers a new real time insight into how the flu virus operates. For the first time, researchers could ...

A new process has been created for employees who need access to Purdue University in Indianapolis. Employees working at the Indianapolis location will have credentials for both Purdue and Indiana ...

An unusual household appliance has been launched on the market in Japan: a washing machine for people. The 7.5-feet-long capsule (that’s 2.30 meters) was unveiled at the World Expo [PDF], which took ...

Before he died, a longtime academic made a request that stood out for its clarity and the personal logic behind it. He had spent decades in lecture halls and research labs, and he wanted his body to ...

As we age, the human brain rewires itself. The process happens in distinct phases, or “epochs,” according to new research, as the structure of our neural networks changes and our brains reconfigure ...

Organic carbon decomposition in soil varies significantly and in regional patterns, driven in part by factors such as soil minerals and microbial properties that have been underrepresented in carbon ...

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