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Few Clues About African Ancestry To Be Found In Mitochondrial DNA
October 12, 2006 Mitochondrial DNA may not hold the key to your origins after all. A study published today in the open access journal BMC Biology reveals that fewer than 10 percent of African American mitochondrial ... > full story -
Fingerprinting Hackers: Technique Demonstrates Wireless Device Driver Vulnerabilities
September 12, 2006 The next time you're sipping a latte and surfing the Net at your favorite neighborhood wireless café, someone just a few seats away could be breaking into your laptop and causing irreparable ... > full story -
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Voice And Signature For The Identification Of Persons
September 7, 2006 Some years ago the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications at the School of Engineering in Bilbao started joint work with a number of universities in Spain in order to design a database that ... > full story -
Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing Tool Updated
August 26, 2006 High-tech laboratory tools, like computers, are often updated publicly as their analytical capabilities expand. In the September issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, NIH grantees report ... > full story -
Penn Researchers Determine Structure Of Smallpox Virus Protein Bound To DNA
August 5, 2006 Researchers have determined the structure of an important smallpox virus enzyme and how it binds to DNA. The enzyme, called a topoisomerase, is an important drug target for coming up with new ways to ... > full story -
New Sensor Technology Detects Chemical, Biological, Nuclear And Explosive Materials
May 23, 2006 Engineers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, using an emerging sensing technology, have developed a suite of sensors for national security applications that can quickly and ... > full story -
Using 'Minutiae' To Match Fingerprints Can Be Accurate
May 1, 2006 A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that computerized systems that match fingerprints using interoperable minutiae templates -- mathematical representations of ... > full story -
DNA Conclusive Yet Still Controversial, Carnegie Mellon Professor Says
April 25, 2006 Although the odds that DNA evidence found at a crime scene will match by chance the DNA of a person who was not there are infinitesimal, controversy continues about DNA identification and its use in ... > full story -
Binghamton University Research Links Digital Images And Cameras
April 18, 2006 Child pornographers will soon have a harder time escaping prosecution thanks to a stunning new technology in development at Binghamton University, State University of New York, that can reliably link ... > full story -
Building A Hand-Held Lab-on-a-Chip To Simplify Blood Tests
April 11, 2006 A cell phone-sized blood-count machine requiring less blood than a mosquito bite will make blood tests easier for many patients, from neonatal units to astronauts in space. NSBRI's lab-on-a-chip is ... > full story
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