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Cracking The Species Code For Plants
February 17, 2009 — A recent article searches for one or more short pieces of DNA code that could eventually be used in an automated fashion to reliably identify almost all land plant ... > full story -
Y Chromosome And Surname Study Challenges Infidelity 'Myth'
February 11, 2009 — Our surnames and genetic information are often strongly connected, according to a new study. The research, published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, may help genealogists create more ... > full story -
Mental Illness By Itself Does Not Predict Future Violent Behavior, Study Finds
February 2, 2009 — People with mental illness alone are no more likely than anyone else to commit acts of violence, a new study concludes. But mental illness combined with substance abuse or dependence elevates the ... > full story -
Sudden Cardiac Death Without Recognizable Cause
January 29, 2009 — In about 10% of cases, sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people is due to a cardiac gene defect. Sudden cardiac death is defined as unexpected death occurring rapidly--usually within 1 h of the ... > full story -
Witness For The Prosecution? The Effect Of Confessions On Eyewitness Testimony
January 28, 2009 — What is it with false confession? A new study in Psychological Science indicates to what extent confessions may influence eyewitness testimony. An astonishing 60 percent of volunteers who had ... > full story -
Adolescents With Unpopular Names More Prone To Committing Crime
January 28, 2009 — A new study examined the relationship between first name popularity in adolescents and tendency to commit crime. Results show that, regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names are more likely ... > full story -
Ötzi’s Last Days: Glacier Man May Have Been Attacked Twice
January 28, 2009 — Another chapter in a murder case over 5000 years old. Scientists reconstructed the chronology of the injuries that Ötzi, the glacier man preserved as a frozen mummy, received in his last days. ... > full story -
Telemedicine Can Dramatically Improve Child Sexual Assault Examinations In Rural Areas
January 26, 2009 — The use of telemedicine can dramatically improve the quality of child sexual assault examinations in rural communities where rates of abuse and neglect are highest -- sometimes more than double the ... > full story -
Novel Forensic Technique To Be Applied To Decade-Old Murder Probe
January 15, 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 -
DNA Profiling For Tracing Parental Ancestry Becomes More Accurate And Reliable
December 23, 2008 — A lesser known but rapidly growing application of DNA profiling is tracing paternal ancestry. NIST researchers recently published a paper with recommendations for genealogy testing that they hope ... > full story
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