decomposition

"However, maximum decomposition is not desirable in every ecosystem," says co-project leader Franz Bender, head of the agroecological assessments team at Agroscope.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

Bodies found at a funeral home in varying states of decomposition had been "simply abandoned" and left "for nature to take its course", a court has heard.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

"The vast majority were uncovered and in varying states of decomposition," he added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

The process was efficient enough to prevent microplastics from forming during decomposition.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Cardan gives me a significant look as she explains decomposition, rot.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Their approach involves clever decompositions of the cube circumscribing the bicylinder. 

From Scientific American ● Jan. 6, 2018

We obtain the same values for and using either method, so the decompositions are the same using either method.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015

Although this method is not seen very often in textbooks, we present it here as an alternative that may make some partial fraction decompositions easier.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015

So it's not a moment; it's a process that actually begins when the heart stops and culminates in the complete loss of the body, the decompositions of all the cells.

From Time Magazine Archive

But these chemical decompositions are attended by a corresponding change in the mechanical characters of the soil.

From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Thomas Anderson