Archeology
The oldest mummy in the world is threatened
The impact of climate change makes the oldest mummies in the world, dating from around 5050 BC, begin to decompose and ooze black water.
Decomposition
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Archeology
Rotten fish used to study fossils
By observing the fish as they are decaying, scientists have discovered patterns that may shed light on some of the most important and ancient fossils.
Biology
New plastic material decomposes faster
A new type of plastic that decomposes by bacteria has a faster decomposition rate than current plastics and is environmentally safe. This new material is a modified form…
Animal world
Rare sea turtles die in mass in Mexico
More than 100 marine turtles, mainly of a rare and endangered turtle species, are found on the beach in Puerto Arista, a small Pacific town in the state of Chiapas, Mexi…
Scientific application
Waste water treatment using anaerobic digestion technology
JSC Water tapioca in collaboration with Rhodia Energy GHG Company (belonging to the Rhodia Group - France) has put into use a wastewater treatment plant.
Scientific application
Sweet solutions for plastic garbage
An Israeli researcher claims, he has found a sweet solution to a problem that is causing headaches in the world - a row of plastic goods that are discarded and stacked .…
Scientific application
Using corn to monitor CO2 from decomposition gas
Scientists at the University of California Irvine (UCI) have provided more information about air pollution caused by plants and animals in the United States by analyzing…
Environment
Biodegradable plastics help reduce environmental pollution
Center for Plastics - Rubber Engineering and Energy Management Training in Ho Chi Minh City and Multibeauty Company has just introduced biodegradable plastic materials -…
Environment
Cancellation of pesticides in cement kilns
Recently, the Institute of Plant Protection conducted an inventory of 25 tons of plant protection drugs (pesticides) in three drug stores in the provinces of Hai Phong,…
Environment
He taxed plastic bags
In the next 18 months, British people will be taxed if they use plastic bags to store things they shop for.
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The only village in the world that has dead people died in bamboo cages for self-decomposition
Instead of burying or cremating the dead, people in the remote village of Trunyan on Bali island, Indonesia, placed the bodies in a bamboo cage, dried in the sun until c…
Videos
Video: Salt helps the Egyptian mummy survive for thousands of years
Natron salt helps to inhibit or stop the decomposition process of the body, preserving almost intact mummies for a long time.
Medicine - Health
The process of decomposition of the human body after death
According to Theguardian, human decay bodies after death are the foundation of a complex ecosystem.
Medicine - Health
See the changes of each body part after we die
Along with learning after death, the human body we will decompose in every second, every minute like.
Medicine - Health
Vitamin C supports the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from Lund University, Sweden, have discovered a new function of vitamin C.