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New Way to Analyze a Bloody Crime Scene: Chicken Wing Sauce and Trigonometry Brought to Bear on CSI Enigma
May 24, 2011 — Physicists have worked out a system that can often determine exactly where blood spatters originate, a critical piece of evidence in not only solving a crime but securing a ... > full story -
Dusting for Fingerprints -- It Ain't CSI
May 11, 2011 — Fingerprints: dozens of crime dramas revolve around them. The investigators find the victim, dust for fingerprints, run them through a computer program and voilá -- the guilty party is quickly ... > full story -
Digital Forensic Examiners Face Stress, Role-Conflict
May 11, 2011 — Despite playing an increasingly vital role in criminal investigations, digital forensic examiners face staffing cuts, heavy caseloads and stress within police departments that may not fully ... > full story -
How to Tell When Someone's Lying: Psychologist Helps Law Enforcement Agencies Tell Truth from Deception
May 10, 2011 — When someone is acting suspiciously at an airport, subway station or other public space, how can law enforcement officers determine whether he's up to no good? A psychology professor has identified ... > full story -
Medical Evidence of Torture Neglected in Guantánamo Bay Detainees, Suggests Review of Records
April 26, 2011 — Inspection of medical records, case files and legal affidavits provides compelling evidence that medical personnel who treated detainees at Guantanamo Bay failed to inquire and/or document causes of ... > full story -
Historic Church's Subterranean Secrets Revealed
April 21, 2011 — Researchers have carried out a full scientific survey of an historic churchyard widely believed to be the site of the crowning of at least two Anglo-Saxon kings. The team used an earth resistance ... > full story -
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Human Factors/ergonomics Research Leads to Improved Bunk Bed Safety Standards
April 14, 2011 — Ryan was just four years old when he went to sleep on his bunk bed one night and never woke up. His mother found him strangled to death the next morning with his neck caught between the vertical post ... > full story -
Gangs Don't Protect Against Crime, Study Suggests
April 13, 2011 — Gang members are twice as likely to be crime victims than non-gang members and are more frequently subject to simple assault, aggravated assault and drive by shootings, according to a recently ... > full story -
Forensics: Developing a Tool for Identification -- Even Using Very Degraded DNA Samples
April 12, 2011 — Frequently the only biological material available to identify persons is DNA in a very degraded state. In these cases, the kits usually employed to carry out DNA identifications do not produce ... > full story -
Pharmacogenetics Testing Offers Way to Reduce Deaths from Drug Toxicity
April 11, 2011 — On average, a drug on the market works effectively for only 50% of the people who take it. Would you want to prevent a potential adverse drug effect or even toxicity through a simple test? It's not ... > full story
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