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'Diving Board' Sensors Key to DNA Detection
July 27, 2012 — A tiny vibrating cantilever sensor could soon help doctors and field clinicians quickly detect harmful toxins, bacteria and even indicators of certain types of cancer from small samples of blood or ... > full story -
Cell Phone Financial Identity Theft
July 26, 2012 — While the cell phone is an amazingly useful device, using it for banking — and consumers are increasingly using mobile phones as banking tools — can lead to identity theft and other ... > full story -
Questions Raised About Iris Recognition Systems
July 12, 2012 — Since the early days of iris recognition technologies, it has been assumed that the iris was a "stable" biometric over a person's lifetime -- "one enrollment for life." However, new research has ... > full story -
Poker Faces May Distort Facial Features More Than Smiles in Passport Photos
July 9, 2012 — Photographs of faces may not be adequate proof of a person's identity and this could have serious implications for the accuracy of passport photographs in determining identity. Research has shown ... > full story -
Researchers Advance Biometric Security
June 21, 2012 — Researchers have developed a way for security systems to combine different biometric measurements -- such as eye color, face shape or fingerprints -- and create a learning system that simulates the ... > full story -
Rapid DNA Sequencing May Soon Be Routine Part of Each Patient's Medical Record
May 22, 2012 — Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual's medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome's 3 billion nucleotide bases. Recent ... > full story -
New TB Test Promises to Be Cheap and Fast
May 22, 2012 — Biomedical engineers have developed a microfluidic chip to test for latent tuberculosis. They hope the test will be cheaper, faster and more reliable than current testing for the ... > full story -
A Needle in a Haystack: How Does a Broken DNA Molecule Get Repaired?
May 3, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a key element in the mechanism of DNA repair. Using a smart new dual-molecule technique, the group has now found out how the DNA molecule is able to perform this search and ... > full story -
DNA Fingerprinting Enters 21st Century
April 27, 2012 — Researchers have created a three-step algorithm, lobSTR, that in one day accurately and simultaneously profiles more than 100,000 short tandem repeats in one human genome sequence -- a feat that ... > full story -
'Rogue DNA' Plays Key Role in Heart Failure, Study Shows
April 25, 2012 — Scientists have shown that during heart failure – a debilitating condition affecting 750,000 people in the UK – this 'rogue DNA' can kick start the body's natural response to infection, ... > full story
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