(CBS/WKMG/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - Dr. Arpad Vass, a research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, where bodies are donated and studied for decomposition, took the stand today in the ...

Are you interested in forensic science, pathology and decomposition? Would you like to find out more about how bodies change after death, and how this information can be used to help a criminal ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.,None — A researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory was the first witness called on day 22 of Casey Anthony's murder trial on Monday. Dr. Arpad Vass testified that he detected ...

Small animals that decompose fallen leaves in the forest form complex food webs and are essential to a functioning ecosystem. A study comprising over 80 forests in Germany and on Sumatra (Indonesia) ...

Using metagenomic sequencing across a realistic temperature gradient, researchers show that carcass decay triggers a surge in carbon-degradation genes, while warming selectively favors pathways that ...