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Faster, More Cost-effective DNA Test For Crime Scenes, Disease Diagnosis
Scientists in Japan are
reporting development of a
faster, less expensive
version of the fabled
polymerase chain reaction, a
... > full story
Geese Involved In Hudson River Plane Crash Were Migratory
Smithsonian scientists have
examined the feather remains
from the Jan. 15 US Airways
Flight 1549 bird strike to
determine not only the
species, but also that the
... > full story
High Marks For New Technology For Fingerprint Identification
Overworked crime scene
investigators can take heart
at the results of recent
tests of new technologies
that automate the manual
... > full story
New Technique Developed To Date Forensic Death Based On Corpse Microorganisms
This system, related to
thermo-microbiology, will
permit to determine more
accurately the time of a
death which has not occurred
... > full story
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DNA Gripped In Nanopores: Researchers Analyze Forces On DNA In Gel
May 18, 2009 — Molecular biologists, including the forensic investigators on the popular TV show CSI, use gel electrophoresis to separate DNA fragments from each other in order to analyze the DNA. A team of ... > full story -
XBox Forensics
May 1, 2009 — A forensics toolkit for the Xbox gaming console has been developed. The toolkit could allow law enforcement agencies to scour the inbuilt hard disk of such devices and find illicit hidden materials ... > full story -
Forensic Facial Composite Software Effective In Police Investigations
May 1, 2009 — The creators of the EFIT-V forensic facial composite software describe how it works and recent successes with police services in the ... > full story -
Historic Sample Of Bomb-grade Plutonium Discovered
March 5, 2009 — Scientists in Washington state are reporting the surprise discovery of the oldest known sample of reactor-produced bomb-grade plutonium, a historic relic from the infancy of America's nuclear weapons ... > full story -
Traces Of Blood Are Eliminated Completely By New Products Containing Active Oxygen
February 27, 2009 — Scientists have shown that traces of blood in various materials are eliminated completely when they are washed with detergents containing active oxygen. The conclusion of the study points out that ... > full story -
'Badly Fragmented' Forensic Science System Needs Overhaul
February 19, 2009 — A congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council finds serious deficiencies in the U.S. forensic science system and calls for major reforms and new ... > full story -
Novel Forensic Technique To Be Applied To Decade-old Murder Probe
January 22, 2009 — A pioneering forensic scientist at Northamptonshire Police and the University of Leicester is being called on by US force officers to tackle a decade-old murder ... > full story -
Pesticides Are In For It Now
December 12, 2008 — Chemists have developed a method to detect pesticide residues in foodstuffs -- a method that may also be of interest for other areas and may enable quality checks on a running ... > full story -
'America's Most Wanted' Murder Case To Be Investigated By Pioneering UK Forensic Scientist
November 20, 2008 — A murder case on America's Most Wanted list is to be tackled by a forensic scientist at the University of Leicester and Northamptonshire ... > full story -
Improved Spectrometer Based On Nonlinear Optics
November 19, 2008 — Scientists have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the spectrum to the visible part, where the availability of superior optical ... > full story
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