{
  "id": 2008951,
  "title": "Microbial clocks can accurately estimate time since death across different climates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/microbial-clocks-can-accurately-estimate-time-since-death-across",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-microbial-clocks-accurately-death-climates.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New research reveals that microbial clocks—forensic tools that track the succession and development of bacteria and fungi involved in decomposition after death—are highly accurate for estimating time since death, or postmortem intervals (PMIs), across different environments and between pigs and humans.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}