Speed is of the essence, because corn begins decaying more quickly than most vegetables.
It has been two years since the umpires' strong labor position began decaying.
When a rock forms, atoms of potassium begin decaying to argon at a constant rate, regardless of changes in the rock's temperature, chemistry or pressure.
And then, after around 1068 years, the lowest-mass black holes finally begin decaying away completely due to Hawking radiation.
Mr Fukuyama argues that the political institutions that allowed the United States to become a successful modern democracy are beginning to decay.
Meanwhile, inward investment has disappeared, factories close all around, and the Potemkin villages thrown up by fly-by-night builders manipulating sleazy planning permissions are beginning to decay untenanted.
As this decomposer community recycles nutrients, the corpse progresses through several forensically recognized stages of decomposition, including Fresh (before decomposition begins), Active Decay, which includes Bloating and Rupture, and Advanced Decay (Carter et al., 2007; Parkinson et al., 2009).
It is constant near unity at low momentum ratios, begins to decay at momentum ratios exceeding 0.1, and attains a decay rate at higher momentum ratios consistent with constant flame height.
When an organism dies, the DNA in its cells begins to decay almost immediately.
