Understanding ant activity on bodies can help us reconstruct the events that occurred at the time of death and during early post-mortem periods. For the first time, a study has been carried out looking at 10 real cases of ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2023
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During warm summers, the news media frequently reports on mortality among aquatic birds and fish as a result of botulism. Miriam Koene from Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) studies this bacterial disease. She answers ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2022
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The death toll from raging California wildfires rose to 31 Thursday as body recovery teams used cadaver dogs to locate victims, making it the deadliest series of blazes in the state's history.
Environment
Oct 13, 2017
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Virtual reality has been described as a game changer for medical education. Some even predict it will see an end to using cadavers to teach anatomy.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 15, 2016
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Some scientists have an important, if morbid, job: They study the smell of decomposing human bodies.
Other
Oct 27, 2016
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Most people are able to recognise the smell of "death" when they encounter a dead animal on a farm or a roadkill. But despite its distinctive scent, few know why it actually smells the way it does. Even forensic scientists ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 28, 2015
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Despite the growing popularity of using computer simulation to help teach college anatomy, students learn much better through the traditional use of human cadavers, according to new research that has implications for health ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2014
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Specially-trained victim recovery dogs can perform phenomenal feats in sniffing out the whereabouts of bodies and body parts, even beneath mounds of rubble or deep below water. But University of Huddersfield researcher ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 25, 2014
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The creators of a unique kit containing anatomical body parts produced by 3D printing say it will revolutionise medical education and training, especially in countries where cadaver use is problematical.
Engineering
Jul 14, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The 3-D virtual reality cadaver floats in space like a hologram on an invisible gurney.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 26, 2014
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