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  Key DNA Enzyme Can Tolerate More Mutations Than Expected

  May 9, 2000 — A new study from University of Washington researchers shows that a DNA polymerase -- an enzyme -- commonly used for scientific study can tolerate many different mutations and remain functional. The ... > full story
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  Two New Sandia "Sniffers" Expand Law Enforcement Abilities To Detect Explosives And Narcotics

  December 3, 1999 — Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have developed a hand-carried gadget that, like a trained police dog, could sniff out the vanishingly faint odors of drugs ... > full story
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  New Research Needed To Improve Detection, Identification Techniques For Finding Pipe Bombs, Catching Bomb Makers

  October 12, 1998 — Increased research is the key to developing more widely applicable detection systems to find pipe bombs before they explode and to help catch the perpetrators when a bomb has gone off, says a new ... > full story
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  Sandia Scientists Are Developing A Portable Evidence Finder That Makes Organic Substances Appear To Blink In Fluorescent Colors

  December 3, 1997 — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing an evidence-detection system that would -- with the aid of a flashing lamp and a pair of modified 3-D video game goggles -- make organic ... > full story
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  A Real McCoy 'Tricorder' -- Researchers Develop Affordable, Hand-Held Biosensor For Diagnostics

  November 7, 1997 — A portable, hand-held biosensor capable of detecting a wide range of medically important chemical compounds has been created by a team of researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) of La ... > full story
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  Making The Crime Scene Blink: NIJ Asks Sandia To Develop Portable Evidence Finder

  October 21, 1997 — An evidence detection system that makes organic substances appear to blink, allows investigators to locate potential evidence like fingerprints, semen and urine more quickly and in a lighted room if ... > full story

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