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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
World's Rarest Whale Seen for the First Time
November 5, 2012 A whale that is almost unknown to science has been seen for the first time after two individuals -- a mother and her male calf -- were stranded and died on a New Zealand beach. A new report offers ... > full story -
DNA's Double Stranded Stretch: Models Simulate What Happens to DNA Strands When Stretched to the Breaking Point
October 25, 2012 Theoretical physicists like to play with very unconventional toys. Researchers have adopted a seemingly playful approach to examining what happens to a double stranded molecule of DNA when it is ... > full story -
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 -
Tying Our Fate to Molecular Markings
October 12, 2012 A physicist has helped discover that understanding how a chemical mark on our DNA affects gene expression could be as useful to scientists as fingerprints are to police at a crime scene. In a new ... > full story -
Cold Cases Heat Up Through New Approach to Identifying Remains
October 10, 2012 In an effort to identify the thousands of John/Jane Doe cold cases in the United States, scientists have found a multidisciplinary approach to identifying the remains of missing persons. Using "bomb ... > full story -
From Lectures to Explosives Detection: Laser Pointer Identifies Dangerous Chemicals in Real-Time
October 10, 2012 By using an ordinary green laser pointer, the kind commonly found in lecture halls, an Israeli research team has developed a new and highly portable Raman spectrometer that can detect extremely ... > full story
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