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  New SIDS Research To Study Protein Link

  June 22, 2007 — A new study will help identify the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), one of the world's most tragic medical mysteries. The project will investigate whether changes in brain levels of ... > full story
• Fossils
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  First Known Gunshot Victim Of New World Found In Peruvian Inca Cemetery

  June 20, 2007 — Archaeologists have uncovered the skeleton of the first documented gunshot victim in the New World in an Inca cemetery outside Lima, Peru. The body is thought to be the first forensically proven ... > full story
• Accident and Trauma
  Nature of Water
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  'Virtual Autopsy' Helps Identify Drowning As Cause Of Death

  May 29, 2007 — "Virtual autopsy" performed with multidetector computed tomography can aid forensics teams in determining if a person has drowned, according to a new ... > full story
• Extreme Survival
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  Archaea In Hot Springs Use Ammonia For Energy: May Shed Light On Early Evolution

  May 23, 2007 — One of the most common groups of archaea (Crenarchaeota) and a group that includes members that live in hot springs, use ammonia as their energy source, according to a new study. Such a metabolic ... > full story
• Forensic Research
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  Bullet Evidence Challenges Findings In JFK Assassination

  May 17, 2007 — Researchers at Texas A&M University are combining statistics and chemistry to shoot holes in traditional bullet-lead analysis techniques and the accuracy of so-called "expert" testimony -- ... > full story
• Biometric
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  Pharmacology
  Smoking Addiction
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  Antibody Tests On Fingerprints To Detect Drugs And Diseases

  May 16, 2007 — Scientists can now use fingerprints to reveal drug and doping transgressions and to diagnose diseases. They have also been able to use specific antibodies to differentiate between the fingerprints of ... > full story
• Brain Injury
  Children's Health
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Accident and Trauma
  Child Psychology
  Child Development
   

  Pediatricians And Pathologists See Traumatic Brain Injury Differently

  May 14, 2007 — Confronted with the same hypothetical scenarios of traumatic brain injuries to children, pediatricians and pathologists were unable to agree half the time whether the deaths should be investigated as ... > full story
• Spintronics Research
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  Magnetic Computer Sensors May Help Study Biomolecules

  May 10, 2007 — Magnetic switches like those in computers also might be used to manipulate individual strands of DNA for high-speed applications such as gene sequencing, experiments at the National Institute of ... > full story
• Memory
  Intelligence
  Dementia
  Forensics
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  Forensic Research
   
  

  Scientists Develop New Tool To 'Freeze' Crime Scene Memories

  April 27, 2007 — Scientists have developed a powerful new tool that 'freezes' the memory of crime scenes in the minds of witnesses. The tool - a self-administered interview applied by witnesses at crime scenes - ... > full story
• Pharmacology
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  Today's Healthcare
   

  Collapse Of Teenage Clubber Highlights Dangers Of New Drug

  April 27, 2007 — The collapse of a teenage clubber after taking a tablet containing 1-benzylpiperazine has highlighted the dangers of this new drug of abuse which many doctors are unfamiliar with, according to an ... > full story

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