A CONTROVERSIAL burial method that uses liquid nitrogen to freeze and disintegrate a dead body is being heralded as the future of cremation by its creator. Dubbed "promession", the process takes place ...

A controversial burial method that uses liquid nitrogen to freeze and disintegrate a dead body is being heralded as the future of cremation by its creator. Dubbed “promession,” the process takes place ...

It brings a new meaning to the phrase "dust to dust". Funerals in Britain could soon end with the body of a loved-one being frozen to -196C in liquid nitrogen and then shaken until it disintegrates ...

Having your body freeze-dried and then shattered to make a soil-enriching powder could provide an ecologically-friendly alternative to cremation or burial. A Swedish ecologist is proposing the idea as ...

In a chilling twist on the phrase ‘dust to dust’, funerals could soon end with a loved one’s remains being frozen to -200C and pulverised into powder. Cryomation, a revolutionary, ecologically ...

The pressure cooker, toilet flush method: The makers claim the process produces a third less greenhouse gas than cremation, uses a seventh of the energy, and allows for the complete separation of ...

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