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  New Technology Puts Biomedical Imaging In Palm Of Hands

  May 20, 2008 — Researchers have created a new, single-exposure imaging tool that could significantly improve point-of-care medical and forensic imaging by empowering front line clinicians with no specialized ... > full story
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  Firearms Microstamping Feasible But Variable, Study Finds

  May 14, 2008 — New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by ... > full story
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  Teen Helps Design Classroom DNA Experiments Using Common Food Dyes

  May 13, 2008 — Agarose gel electrophoresis? Most teenagers wouldn't have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. Setting out to compare ... > full story
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  New Method For Processing Rape Evidence Could Eliminate Crime-Lab Backlogs

  May 7, 2008 — Approximately 250,000 items of sexual assault evidence are mired in three- to 12-month backlogs awaiting analysis in US forensic laboratories. A forensic chemist has now developed a method for ... > full story
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  Psychiatric Profile Of Teenagers At Risk For Committing Violent Acts, School Shootings

  May 6, 2008 — A psychiatrist will present new research on the psychiatric factors that can lead to school shootings. The presentation will be mainly based on research of the 1999 Columbine high school shootings, ... > full story
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  Lying? The Face Betrays Deceiver's True Emotions, But In Unexpected Ways

  April 22, 2008 — How can we tell who's lying, who's not? New research shows that the face will betray the deceiver's true emotion, but not in the stereotypical ways we ... > full story
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  'Crime Scene Investigation' Methods Could Help In The Battle Against Hospital Infections

  April 22, 2008 — Inspired by the popular television drama CSI, investigators in the Netherlands have trialed methods used by forensic scientists at crime scenes to highlight infection risks in their hospital. ... > full story
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  3-D Images -- Cordless And Any Time

  April 16, 2008 — Securing evidence at the scene of a crime, measuring faces for medical applications, taking samples during production -- 3-D images are in demand everywhere. A handy cordless device now enables such ... > full story
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  DNA Paternity Test Almost Fooled: Man Put Someone Else's Saliva In His Mouth

  April 10, 2008 — Detection of a fraud attempt in sample taking for a DNA analysis is modifying forensic scientists' action protocol: It will be compulsory for the donor to wash his mouth out before a witness. The ... > full story
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  Crime Scene Investigations: Gunshot Residue Analysis On A Single Gunpowder Particle

  April 7, 2008 — Scientists in Texas report development of a highly dependable, rapid and inexpensive new method for identifying the presence of gunshot residue. The test fills a detection gap that results from wider ... > full story

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