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• Child Psychology
  Child Development
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  Educational Psychology
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  Children's Ability To Describe Past Event Develops Over Time

  July 20, 2007 — A study analyzing forensic interviews with 250 4- to 10-year old children found many age-related differences in children's recall of events experienced. Children's mention of time, date, or sequence ... > full story
• Forensic Research
  Forensics
  Biochemistry
  Physics
  Chemistry
  Fitness
   
  

  New Ink Sampling Technique Taking A Bite Of Out Time

  July 18, 2007 — Primetime crime drama meets reality in new forensic research. Scientists are using the new Direct Analysis in Real Time mass spectrometry interface, which has made a guest appearance on the popular ... > full story
• Forensics
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Forensic Research
  Zoology
  Extinction
  Trees
   
  

  Insects To Solve Crimes

  July 4, 2007 — Insects make up more than half of the known animal species on our planet and they can be found in all kinds of habitat and feed on all kinds of nutrients. They can even be used in evidence in court ... > full story
• Infant's Health
  Child Development
  Parenting
  Down Syndrome
  Child Psychology
  Forensics
   

  New SIDS Research To Study Protein Link

  June 22, 2007 — A new study will help identify the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), one of the world's most tragic medical mysteries. The project will investigate whether changes in brain levels of ... > full story
• Fossils
  Ancient Civilizations
  Anthropology
  Origin of Life
  Dinosaurs
  Lost Treasures
   
  

  First Known Gunshot Victim Of New World Found In Peruvian Inca Cemetery

  June 20, 2007 — Archaeologists have uncovered the skeleton of the first documented gunshot victim in the New World in an Inca cemetery outside Lima, Peru. The body is thought to be the first forensically proven ... > full story
• Accident and Trauma
  Nature of Water
  Forensic Research
  Forensics
  Medical Technology
  Medical Imaging
   

  'Virtual Autopsy' Helps Identify Drowning As Cause Of Death

  May 29, 2007 — "Virtual autopsy" performed with multidetector computed tomography can aid forensics teams in determining if a person has drowned, according to a new ... > full story
• Extreme Survival
  Nature
  Biology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Archaea In Hot Springs Use Ammonia For Energy: May Shed Light On Early Evolution

  May 23, 2007 — One of the most common groups of archaea (Crenarchaeota) and a group that includes members that live in hot springs, use ammonia as their energy source, according to a new study. Such a metabolic ... > full story
• Forensic Research
  Statistics
  Computational Biology
  Chemistry
  Mathematical Modeling
  Inorganic Chemistry
   

  Bullet Evidence Challenges Findings In JFK Assassination

  May 17, 2007 — Researchers at Texas A&M University are combining statistics and chemistry to shoot holes in traditional bullet-lead analysis techniques and the accuracy of so-called "expert" testimony -- ... > full story
• Biometric
  Forensic Research
  Forensics
  Smoking Addiction
  Pharmacology
  Smoking
   

  Antibody Tests On Fingerprints To Detect Drugs And Diseases

  May 16, 2007 — Scientists can now use fingerprints to reveal drug and doping transgressions and to diagnose diseases. They have also been able to use specific antibodies to differentiate between the fingerprints of ... > full story
• Spintronics Research
  Hacking
  Encryption
  Computers and Internet
  Computer Science
  Information Technology
   
  

  Magnetic Computer Sensors May Help Study Biomolecules

  May 10, 2007 — Magnetic switches like those in computers also might be used to manipulate individual strands of DNA for high-speed applications such as gene sequencing, experiments at the National Institute of ... > full story

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