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New 'Weapon' In Forensics: Device Detects Latent Prints On Human Skin
May 1, 2008 — Fingerprints that used to escape detection could soon help point to the killer. Using a field portable system investigators at crime scenes will be able to detect latent prints on human skin. The ... > full story -
Japanese Mushroom Leads To Breakthrough In Protein Research
April 30, 2008 — Using an enzyme of the Japanese mushroom Grifola frondosa (Maitake or dancing mushroom), proteins can be identified without knowing the organism's genetic composition. This advance simplifies the ... > full story -
Sleeping Sickness Finding Could Lead To Earlier Diagnosis
April 14, 2008 — Sleeping sickness creates a metabolic 'fingerprint' in the blood and urine, which could enable a new test to be developed to diagnose the disease, according to new research. Sleeping sickness is ... > full story -
DNA Paternity Test Almost Fooled: Man Put Someone Else's Saliva In His Mouth
April 10, 2008 — Detection of a fraud attempt in sample taking for a DNA analysis is modifying forensic scientists' action protocol: It will be compulsory for the donor to wash his mouth out before a witness. The ... > full story -
On-Card Fingerprint Match Is Secure, Speedy
April 2, 2008 — A fingerprint identification technology for use in Personal Identification Verification cards that offers improved protection from identity theft meets the standardized accuracy criteria for federal ... > full story -
Micro Chips Could Speed Up Detection Of Livestock Viruses
March 30, 2008 — Some of the worst threats to farm workers and farm animals such as bird flu, foot-and-mouth disease and other emerging viruses could soon be quickly identified by using a newly developed simple ... > full story -
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Differ In Genes That Could Control Disease Susceptibility
March 27, 2008 — Stem cell researchers used a high resolution technique to examine the genome, or total DNA content, of a pair of human embryonic stem cell lines and found that while both lines could form neurons, ... > full story -
Biosensing Nanodevice To Revolutionize Health Screenings
March 25, 2008 — One day soon a biosensing nanodevice may eliminate long lines at airport security checkpoints and revolutionize health screenings for diseases like anthrax, cancer and antibiotic resistant ... > full story -
On The Trail Of Rogue Genetically Modified Pathogens
March 17, 2008 — Bacteria can be used to engineer genetic modifications, thereby providing scientists with a tool to combat many challenges in areas from food production to drug discovery. However, this sophisticated ... > full story -
New Window Opens On The Secret Life Of Microbes
March 13, 2008 — Nowhere is the principle of "strength in numbers" more apparent than in the collective power of microbes: despite their simplicity, these one-cell organisms -- which number about 5 million trillion ... > full story
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