Forensic News

Posted May 24, 2013:

• Facial-Recognition Technology Proves Its Mettle

Posted May 20, 2013:

• Archaeological Genetics: It's Not All as Old as It at First Seems

Posted May 15, 2013:

• Collecting DNA for Human Rights: How to Help While Safeguarding Privacy

Posted May 14, 2013:

• Searching for Clandestine Graves With Geophysical Tools

Posted May 6, 2013:

• New Device Can Extract Human DNA With Full Genetic Data in Minutes

Posted May 1, 2013:

• Startling Survival Story at Historic Jamestown: Physical Evidence of Survival Cannibalism

Posted April 30, 2013:

• Canada's Distinctive Tuya Volcanoes Reveal Glacial, Palaeo-Climate Secrets

Posted April 29, 2013:

• Researcher Reveals New Way to Safeguard Forensic Dna Samples Against Contamination

Posted April 22, 2013:

• Forensic Sciences Are 'Fraught With Error'

Posted April 18, 2013:

• Engineer Working to Put More Science Behind Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Posted April 17, 2013:

• Towards the Origin of America's First Settlers

Posted April 16, 2013:

• College Admission Questions Rarely Identify Criminal Behavior

Posted April 9, 2013:

• Interviewers' Gestures Mislead Child-Witnesses

Posted April 8, 2013:

• High Salt Levels in Saharan Groundwater Endanger Oases Farming

Posted March 26, 2013:

• Saliva Testing Predicts Aggression in Boys

Posted March 25, 2013:

• Urban Vegetation Deters Crime in Philadelphia

Posted March 10, 2013:

• ECG Screening for Competitive Athletes Would Not Prevent Sudden Death, Experts Say

Posted March 4, 2013:

• Was King Richard III a Control Freak?

Posted February 20, 2013:

• Little Did We Know About Beetle Diversity: Astonishing 138 New Species in a Single Genus

Posted February 12, 2013:

• Romantic Delusions Allow Online Dating Scams to Flourish
• New Study Examines Victims and Cyberstalking

Posted February 8, 2013:

• Forensic Pathology: Tracing the Origin of the Usutu Virus in Blackbirds

Posted February 4, 2013:

• 1990s Drop in New York City Crime Not Due to CompStat, Misdemeanor Arrests, Analysis Finds
• Discovery of Remains of England's King Richard III Confirmed

Posted January 23, 2013:

• New Imaging Technique for Identifying the Age and Sex of a Corpse

Posted January 13, 2013:

• What Did Our Ancestors Look Like? Hair and Eye Color Can Be Determined for Ancient Human Remains

Posted January 10, 2013:

• First Cost-Benefit Analysis of DNA Profiling Vindicates 'CSI' Fans

Posted December 17, 2012:

• Pharaoh's Throat Was Cut During Royal Coup, Study Shows
• Illegal Hunting in the Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania: Social and Molecular Genetic Methods of Combating Crimes Against Fauna

Posted December 13, 2012:

• Data on Financial Crime Is Not Credible, UK Research Finds

Posted December 9, 2012:

• Bugs Without Borders: Researchers Track the Emergence and Global Spread of Healthcare Associated Clostridium Difficile

Posted December 6, 2012:

• Study Raises Concerns Over Online Availability of Alternatives to Illegal Drugs

Posted December 4, 2012:

• Fox Invasion Threatens Wave of Extinction in Tasmania

Posted November 19, 2012:

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

Posted November 16, 2012:

• Beating the Dark Side of Quantum Computing

Posted November 15, 2012:

• Science of the Search for Richard III

Posted November 14, 2012:

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

Posted November 6, 2012:

• New Strategy for Fingerprint Visualization Developed

Posted October 30, 2012:

• Bullying Has Long-Term Health Consequences

Posted October 26, 2012:

• Footwear Forensics: CSI Needs to Tread Carefully

Posted October 22, 2012:

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

Posted October 15, 2012:

• Research Team Develops Single-Crystal Pump for Miniaturized DNA Forensics

Posted October 12, 2012:

• Tying Our Fate to Molecular Markings

Posted October 11, 2012:

• Nurture Trumps Nature in Study of Oral Bacteria in Human Twins, Study Finds

Posted October 10, 2012:

• Cold Cases Heat Up Through New Approach to Identifying Remains
• From Lectures to Explosives Detection: Laser Pointer Identifies Dangerous Chemicals in Real-Time

Posted October 8, 2012:

• Every Third Child Incorrectly Restrained in Cars, Study Suggests

Posted September 13, 2012:

• World's Hottest Temperature Cools a Bit

Posted September 11, 2012:

• Severe Pain in Sexual Assault Survivors Often Not Treated

Posted September 6, 2012:

• Doctor and Pharmacy Shopping Linked to Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths, Study Finds

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