Forensic News

Posted May 11, 2010:

• New Method Developed to Capture Fingerprints on Difficult Surfaces
• Revealing the Metabolic Activity of Microbial Communities: New Method for Tracing Carbon Flux

Posted May 6, 2010:

• New Genes Involved in Human Eye Color Identified

Posted May 1, 2010:

• Living in a High-Crime Neighborhood May Worsen Children's Asthma

Posted April 19, 2010:

• New Species of Human Malaria Recognized

Posted April 14, 2010:

• Multimedia Search Without Detours

Posted March 25, 2010:

• Search for Air France Flight 447 Begun

Posted March 16, 2010:

• Jaws -- 4 Million BC: How an Extinct Shark Attacked Its Prey

Posted March 15, 2010:

• New Hand Bacteria Study Holds Promise for Forensics Identification

Posted March 11, 2010:

• Biologists Find Proof of First Confirmed Species of Monogamous Frog

Posted February 18, 2010:

• Nuclear Verification: Helping to Find a Needle in a Hay Stack

Posted February 17, 2010:

• No Place to Hide: Missing Primitive Stars Outside Milky Way Uncovered

Posted February 9, 2010:

• Burglars Have Changed Their 'Shopping List', New Research Reveals
• Herbal Medicines Can Be Lethal, Pathologist Warns

Posted February 4, 2010:

• Researchers Recover and Restore One of Two Oldest Copies of the Quran

Posted January 31, 2010:

• Rotting Fish Heads: Novel Studies of Decomposition Shed New Light on Our Earliest Fossil Ancestry

Posted January 27, 2010:

• Hidden Cost of Schizophrenia
• Forensic Analysis of Hurricane Katrina's Impact: Methods and Findings

Posted January 25, 2010:

• Groovy Hills Rising from Titan's Surface

Posted January 20, 2010:

• Mind Reading, Brain Fingerprinting and the Law

Posted January 12, 2010:

• Sudden Death in Cocaine Abusers: Study Reveals Role Played by Illegal Drug
• Captured by True Crime: Why Women Are Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder and Serial Killers

Posted January 6, 2010:

• How People Work ... and the Fingerprint Mystery

Posted December 27, 2009:

• New Tool in the Fight Against Mosquito-Borne Disease: A Microbial 'Mosquito Net'

Posted December 21, 2009:

• The Role of Medical Expert Witnesses: The Goudge Inquiry

Posted December 14, 2009:

• Mammoths Hung on Longer? Late-Surviving Megafauna Exposed by Ancient DNA in Frozen Soil

Posted December 2, 2009:

• Experimental Validation Tool for Cell Phone Forensics Developed

Posted December 1, 2009:

• Crime Scene Measurements Can Be Taken from a Single Image
• Shark Fins Traced to Their Geographic Origin for First Time Using DNA Tools

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Iconic Photo Of JFK Assassin Oswald Was Not Faked, Professor Finds

Posted October 31, 2009:

• Security Measures Lead To False Sense Of Security: Scientists Dispute Use Of National Security Tools

Posted October 29, 2009:

• New DNA Method Makes It Easier To Trace Criminals

Posted October 28, 2009:

• Researchers Rest Their Case: TV Consumption Predicts Opinions About Criminal Justice System

Posted October 13, 2009:

• First-of-Kind Study Shows Model Can Be Used To Rate Courtroom Psychiatric Experts Performance

Posted October 5, 2009:

• New Technology Detects Chemical Weapons In Seconds

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Study Highlights HIV/AIDS Challenge In American Prison System

Posted September 22, 2009:

• A Flash Of Light Turns Graphene Into A Biosensor

Posted September 16, 2009:

• Bitemark Evidence And Analysis Should Be Approached With Caution, According To Study

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Rethinking Hate Crime

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Community Gardens Don't Impact Crime Rate, Study Finds; Residents Still Perceive Neighborhoods As Safer Where Gardens Grow

Posted August 16, 2009:

• 'Smell Of Death' Research Could Help Recover Bodies In Disasters And Solve Crimes

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Scientists Find New Way To Extract Diluted And Contaminated DNA

Posted July 30, 2009:

• Invisible Ink? What Rorschach Tests Really Tell Us

Posted July 14, 2009:

• Analysis Of The Personality Of Psychopaths By Means Of Their Drawings

Posted July 13, 2009:

• New Advance In Revolutionary 'Bullet Fingerprinting' Technique

Posted July 8, 2009:

• Faster, More Cost-Effective DNA Test For Crime Scenes, Disease Diagnosis

Posted July 7, 2009:

• Analysis Of Copernicus Putative Remains Support Identity

Posted June 22, 2009:

• Cold Case Techniques Bring Mummy’s Face To 'Life'

Posted June 2, 2009:

• Scholar Unconvinced New Lie-Detection Methods Better Than Old Ones

Posted June 1, 2009:

• Glucose Metabolism And Recidivism Of Severe Violent Crimes In Alcohol Intoxications

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