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  Violent Shaking Pulps The Infant Brain, Forensic Researchers Find

  January 7, 2008 — Each year in the United States, one thousand infants die after being shaken. An equal number of cases result in brain damage. Many people who are guilty of this type of abuse go free due to a lack of ... > full story
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  New Report On First Death By Spearing In Australia

  January 1, 2008 — "Ritual punishment using barbed death spears was witnessed at European contact in the Sydney region," one of the researchers said. "The Narrabeen man provides early archaeological evidence for ritual ... > full story
• Children's Health
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  Dads Break Bones Of Children More Often Than Moms

  December 5, 2007 — Dads break or fracture the bones of their children far more often than moms, and they tend to inflict their abusive rage on infants younger than five months old, according to a study in Child Abuse ... > full story
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  Forensics Go High-Tech With CT Autopsies

  November 27, 2007 — Radiologists are investigating the use of computed tomography as a tool for civilian medical examiners' autopsies in the US. CT autopsy has the potential to replace conventional autopsy in ... > full story
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  New Automated System IDs Victims Of Mass Disasters In Minutes

  November 27, 2007 — A new, high-tech identification system developed in Japan will improve accuracy and significantly reduce the time it takes to identify victims of mass disasters, according to a new ... > full story
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  Less Is More When Fighting Crime

  November 19, 2007 — Both crime and prison populations could be reduced dramatically by focusing on the 'power few' criminals who commit the most crime. Using data across a wide range of research, scientists show that ... > full story
• Nature of Water
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  Micro Microwave Does Pinpoint Cooking For Miniaturized Labs

  November 8, 2007 — Researchers have demonstrated what is probably the world's smallest microwave oven, a tiny mechanism that can heat a pinhead-sized drop of liquid inside a container slightly shorter than an ant and ... > full story
• Medical Imaging
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  New Technique To Determine The Age Of Immigrant Minors Through Ribs And Teeth

  November 6, 2007 — Researchers have devised a new technique to determine the age of living subjects using chest and dental x-rays. This is of special interest in the case of alleged illegal minors, since this technique ... > full story
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  Catching Terrorists Red-Handed: Contact With Homemade Explosives Easy To Detect

  October 31, 2007 — A scientist has discovered a way to literally catch terrorists red-handed. A new chemical spray detector detects the homemade explosive urea nitrate. When sprayed on cotton swabs taken from the hands ... > full story
• Alcoholism
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  Alcohol Is Most Common 'Date Rape' Drug

  October 20, 2007 — Young women in Northern Ireland are leaving themselves vulnerable to rape or serious sexual assault because of their binge drinking, according to new research. The average alcohol levels at the time ... > full story

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