Forensic News

Posted July 17, 2008:

• Eyewitnesses May Misidentify Perpetrator Of A Crime Due To Stress Or Fear

Posted July 15, 2008:

• Psychiatric Forensic Patients With Tattoos More Likely To Have Antisocial Personality Disorder

Posted June 9, 2008:

• New Research Refutes Myth Of Pure Scandinavian Race

Posted June 2, 2008:

• New Fingerprint Breakthrough By Forensic Scientists

Posted May 20, 2008:

• New Technology Puts Biomedical Imaging In Palm Of Hands

Posted May 14, 2008:

• Firearms Microstamping Feasible But Variable, Study Finds

Posted May 13, 2008:

• Teen Helps Design Classroom DNA Experiments Using Common Food Dyes

Posted May 7, 2008:

• New Method For Processing Rape Evidence Could Eliminate Crime-Lab Backlogs

Posted May 6, 2008:

• Psychiatric Profile Of Teenagers At Risk For Committing Violent Acts, School Shootings

Posted April 22, 2008:

• Lying? The Face Betrays Deceiver's True Emotions, But In Unexpected Ways
• 'Crime Scene Investigation' Methods Could Help In The Battle Against Hospital Infections

Posted April 16, 2008:

• 3-D Images -- Cordless And Any Time

Posted April 10, 2008:

• DNA Paternity Test Almost Fooled: Man Put Someone Else's Saliva In His Mouth

Posted April 7, 2008:

• Crime Scene Investigations: Gunshot Residue Analysis On A Single Gunpowder Particle

Posted March 25, 2008:

• Biosensing Nanodevice To Revolutionize Health Screenings

Posted March 24, 2008:

• CSI Fact Catching Up With Fiction As Chemists Develop New Technology

Posted March 10, 2008:

• Handheld DNA Detector

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Brothers And Sisters Of Abuse Victims Often Help Cover Up Or Even Commit Abuse, Study Suggests
• New National Database Of Ballistic Markings From Guns Not Recommended

Posted February 12, 2008:

• Fake Malaria Drugs Made In China: Tracking Down The Threat To Global Health

Posted January 29, 2008:

• The Eyes Have It: Researchers Can Now Determine When A Human Was Born By Looking Into The Eyes Of The Dead

Posted January 21, 2008:

• New Microchip For PCR Testing At Crime Scenes, Doctors' Offices

Posted January 11, 2008:

• Concerns Over Potential Future Use Of DNA Of Innocents On National Database

Posted January 9, 2008:

• Digging Up A Serial Killer's Century-Old Secrets

Posted January 7, 2008:

• Violent Shaking Pulps The Infant Brain, Forensic Researchers Find

Posted January 1, 2008:

• New Report On First Death By Spearing In Australia

Posted December 5, 2007:

• Dads Break Bones Of Children More Often Than Moms

Posted November 27, 2007:

• Forensics Go High-Tech With CT Autopsies
• New Automated System IDs Victims Of Mass Disasters In Minutes

Posted November 19, 2007:

• Less Is More When Fighting Crime

Posted November 8, 2007:

• Micro Microwave Does Pinpoint Cooking For Miniaturized Labs

Posted November 6, 2007:

• New Technique To Determine The Age Of Immigrant Minors Through Ribs And Teeth

Posted October 31, 2007:

• Catching Terrorists Red-Handed: Contact With Homemade Explosives Easy To Detect

Posted October 20, 2007:

• Alcohol Is Most Common 'Date Rape' Drug

Posted October 16, 2007:

• Science Casts Doubt On Famous British Murder Case

Posted October 15, 2007:

• Early Detection Of Human Papilloma And Other Viral Infections

Posted September 27, 2007:

• Individuals With High Fear Of Crime Twice As Likely To Suffer From Depression

Posted September 20, 2007:

• Smithsonian Experts Put A Name To A Face In Pre-Civil War Era Forensic Case
• Pedophiles Have Deficits In Brain Activation, Study Suggests

Posted September 17, 2007:

• Fast, Portable Test Promises To Help Detect Flammable Liquids In Arson

Posted September 13, 2007:

• How Dirty Is Your Money?

Posted September 12, 2007:

• Ancient Egyptians Mummified Their Cats With Utmost Care
• 'Maggot Art' Offers Children Colorful Lesson In Entomology
• Research To Assist In Investigation Of Criminal And Terrorist Activity

Posted August 31, 2007:

• A Genetic Trigger For The Cambrian Explosion Unraveled?

Posted August 27, 2007:

• World's Oldest Bacteria Found Living In Permafrost

Posted August 3, 2007:

• Nano-Layer Of Ruthenium Stabilizes Magnetic Sensors

Posted August 2, 2007:

• Chemical Imaging: Potential New Crime Busting Tool

Posted July 23, 2007:

• Fingerprinting With Light Shows Promise For Improved Crime-Fighting
• Magnetic Tape Analysis 'Sees' Tampering In Detail

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