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Children, Brain Development and the Criminal Law
June 18, 2012 The legal system needs to take greater account of new discoveries in neuroscience that show how a difficult childhood can affect the development of a young person's brain which can increase the risk ... > full story -
First Prehistoric Twins Discovered in Iberian Peninsula
May 30, 2012 Researchers in Spain have discovered the remains of newborn twin girls in the archaeological site of Olèrdola in Barcelona. They date back to between the middle of the 4th century B.C. to the ... > full story -
Anthropologists Find American Heads Are Getting Larger
May 30, 2012 Forensic anthropologists examined 1,500 skulls dating back to the mid-1800s through the mid-1980s. They noticed US skulls have become larger, taller and narrower as seen from the front and faces have ... > full story -
Autopsy of a Eruption: Linking Crystal Growth to Volcano Seismicity
May 24, 2012 A forensic approach that links changes deep below a volcano to signals at the surface could ultimately help to predict future volcanic eruptions with greater ... > full story -
DNA Evidence Shows That Marine Reserves Help to Sustain Fisheries
May 24, 2012 Biologists have presented the first evidence that areas closed to all fishing are helping to sustain valuable Australian fisheries. The scientists applied a forensic DNA profiling approach to track ... > full storyMore: -
New Means of Safeguarding World Fish Stocks
May 22, 2012 Powerful and versatile new genetic tools will assist in safeguarding both European fish stocks and European consumers. A new article details the first system shown to identify populations of fish ... > full story -
Chicago Police Cameras More Effective When Clustered
May 14, 2012 Chicago's network of police cameras is more effective at reducing crime in high-crime areas than in low-crime areas, according to a new ... > full story -
Forensic Scientist Tracks the Crime Scene Invaders
May 11, 2012 Marks on a dead body could indicate violence and therefore murder. But they might have been made by legions of insects. A forensic scientist has built up data that will be a big aid to detectives ... > full story -
Iceman Mummy: 5,000-Year-Old Red Blood Cells Discovered -- Oldest Blood Known to Modern Science
May 2, 2012 His DNA has been decoded; samples from his stomach and intestines have allowed us to reconstruct his very last meal. The circumstances of his violent death appear to have been explained. However, ... > full story -
DNA Fingerprinting Enters 21st Century
April 27, 2012 Researchers have created a three-step algorithm, lobSTR, that in one day accurately and simultaneously profiles more than 100,000 short tandem repeats in one human genome sequence -- a feat that ... > full story
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