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• Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Nature
  Biology
  Animals
  Mammals
   

  Fox Invasion Threatens Wave of Extinction in Tasmania

  December 4, 2012 — The effort to stop the irreversible spread of foxes in Tasmania is at a critical stage with many native species at risk of extinction, new research ... > full story
• Educational Psychology
  Child Psychology
  Children's Health
  Child Development
  Anger Management
  Forensics
   

  School Shootings Garner Headlines, but Bullying, Hate Crimes and Drug Use More Common

  November 19, 2012 — Statistically, school-age children run a greater risk of being injured or killed by someone they know than from a violent incident at school, but it’s school shootings that draw the most media ... > full story
• Quantum Computers
  Quantum Computing
  Computer Science
  Physics
  Quantum Physics
  Information Technology
   

  Beating the Dark Side of Quantum Computing

  November 16, 2012 — A future quantum computer will be able to carry out calculations billions of times faster than even today's most powerful machines by exploit the fact that the tiniest particles, molecules, atoms and ... > full story
• Archaeology
  Fossils
  Ancient Civilizations
  Origin of Life
  Cultures
  Lost Treasures
   

  Science of the Search for Richard III

  November 15, 2012 — The complexity of tests being performed on Grey Friars skeleton mean answers will not come ... > full story
• Biometric
  Justice
  Forensic Research
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Legal Issues
   
  

  Bond's New Crime-Fighting Device Launched: 'Bullet Fingerprint' Visualization Technique

  November 14, 2012 — A 'bullet fingerprint' visualization technique pioneered by a British scientist has been commercialized in the United ... > full story
• Biometric
  Justice
  Forensics
  Forensic Research
  Legal Issues
  Nanotechnology
   
  

  New Strategy for Fingerprint Visualization Developed

  November 6, 2012 — Identifying fingerprints on paper is a commonly used method in police forensic work, but unfortunately it is not easy to make those fingerprints visible. Now, scientists have developed a new approach ... > full story
• Chronic Illness
  Mental Health
  Mental Health Research
  Teen Health
  Anger Management
  Intelligence
   

  Bullying Has Long-Term Health Consequences

  October 30, 2012 — Childhood bullying can lead to long term health consequences, including general and mental health issues, behavioral problems, eating disorders, smoking, alcohol use, and homelessness, a study has ... > full story
• Forensics
  Justice
  Legal Issues
  Computer Programming
  Computer Science
  Computer Modeling
   

  Footwear Forensics: CSI Needs to Tread Carefully

  October 26, 2012 — A new computer algorithm can analyze the footwear marks left at a crime scene according to clusters of footwear types, makes and tread patterns even if the imprint recorded by crime scene ... > full story
• Children's Health
  Sexual Health
  Forensics
  Justice
  Gender Difference
  Erectile Dysfunction
   

  Perpetrator in One-Quarter of Child Sexual Abuse Cases Is a Stranger, Swedish Study Finds

  October 22, 2012 — Child sexual abuse is committed by strangers more than one-quarter of the time. Researchers in Sweden reviewed the records of 196 men who had been convicted of child sexual abuse in Western Sweden. ... > full story
• Forensic Research
  Biometric
  Materials Science
  Engineering
  Biology
  Microarrays
   

  Research Team Develops Single-Crystal Pump for Miniaturized DNA Forensics

  October 15, 2012 — A research team has developed a new type of micro pump that can be used in forensic DNA profiling. The pump represents a giant leap in ... > full story

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