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Software for Analyzing Digital Pathology Images Proving Its Usefulness

As tissue slides are more routinely digitized to aid interpretation, a software program is proving its utility. In bladder cancer ...  > full story

New Biometric Data Standard Adds DNA, Footmarks and Enhanced Fingerprint Descriptions

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a revised biometric standard that vastly expands the type and ...  > full story

Computer Vision Experts Develop 'Questionable Observer Detector'

Biometrics experts are developing a tool that can help law enforcement and military officials identify suspicious individuals at ...  > full story

Uncharted Territory: Scientists Sequence the First Carbohydrate Biopolymer

For the first time ever, a team of researchers has announced the sequence of a complete complex carbohydrate biopolymer. The ...  > full story

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  Potential for Incorrect Relationship Identification in New Forensic Familial Searching Techniques

  February 9, 2012 — New research suggests that unrelated individuals may be mistakenly identified as genetic family members due to inaccurate genetic assumptions. This is particularly relevant when considering familial ... > full story
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  Barriers to the Use of Fingerprint Evidence in Court Is Unlocked by Statistical Model

  February 9, 2012 — Fingerprints that are potential key pieces of evidence in court currently are not being considered due to shortcomings in the way this evidence is reported. Now, a statistical model has been ... > full story
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  Traditional Physical Autopsies – Not High-Tech 'Virtopsies' – Still the Gold Standard for Determining Cause of Death, Experts Claim

  January 16, 2012 — TV crime shows like Bones and CSI are quick to explain each death by showing highly detailed scans and video images of victims’ insides. Traditional autopsies, if shown at all, are at best in ... > full story
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  Satellite Imagery Detects Thermal 'Uplift' Signal of Underground Nuclear Tests

  January 10, 2012 — A new analysis of satellite data from the late 1990s documents for the first time the "uplift" of ground above a site of underground nuclear testing, providing researchers a potential new tool for ... > full story
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  Catching Terrorists: Backpacks, Not the Bombs Inside, Key to Finding DNA

  December 8, 2011 — Catching terrorists who detonate bombs may be easier by testing the containers that hide the bombs rather than the actual explosives, according to pioneering ... > full story
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  Scanner Spies Document Secrets

  September 26, 2011 — A scanner which combines the convenience of a desktop scanner with the functionality of a powerful laboratory imaging device has been developed and is now being ... > full story
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  Public Image of Chemistry: Breaking Chemistry's Bad Rap

  September 26, 2011 — A new show "Breaking Bad" makes chemistry entertaining but is not improving chemistry's tarnished public image, according to a new ... > full story
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  New Technique for Dating Silk

  September 13, 2011 — For the first time, scientists have developed a fast and reliable method to date silk. This new technique, which is based on capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry, has great potential to ... > full story

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  Hollywood Screenwriters and Scientists: More Than an Artistic Collaboration

  August 28, 2011 — In this International Year of Chemistry (IYC), writers and producers for the most popular crime and science-related television shows and movies are putting out an all-points bulletin for scientists ... > full story
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  Pioneering Fingermark Technology Uses Mass Spectrometry Imaging to Provide Crime Scene Investigators With Key Extra Details

  July 29, 2011 — A pioneering technology to detect fingermarks at crime scenes, which provides additional information about a suspect, is a step closer to being incorporated into traditional forensic investigations ... > full story

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