Forensic News

Posted November 29, 2008:

• Pesticides Are In For It Now

Posted November 20, 2008:

• 'America's Most Wanted' Murder Case To Be Investigated By Pioneering UK Forensic Scientist

Posted November 19, 2008:

• Improved Spectrometer Based On Nonlinear Optics

Posted September 26, 2008:

• Photonic Crystal Biosensors Detect Protein-DNA Interactions
• Genetic Testing Anywhere: Micro-sizes Hand-held 'Lab-on-a-chip' Devices Under Development

Posted September 24, 2008:

• What Is The Impact Of CSI-style Programming On Jurors?

Posted September 18, 2008:

• Criminals Who Eat Processed Foods More Likely To Be Discovered, Through Fingerprint Sweat Corroding Metal

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Txt Crimes, Sex Crimes And Murder: The Science Of Forensic Linguistics

Posted September 1, 2008:

• New Field Of Research Could Help Police In Crime Scene Forensics

Posted August 28, 2008:

• Fingerprint Breakthrough Hope In US Double Murder Probe

Posted August 27, 2008:

• Fingerprint Analysis Technique Could Be Used To Identify Bombmakers

Posted August 4, 2008:

• Guilt On Their Hands: Tiny 'Tags' Could Help To Solve And Deter Gun Crime

Posted July 29, 2008:

• Structure Of Hepatitis B Mapped By Spraying Virus

Posted June 10, 2008:

• Sniffing Out A Broad-spectrum Of Airborne Threats In Seconds

Posted June 4, 2008:

• New Fingerprint Breakthrough By Forensic Scientists

Posted May 23, 2008:

• New Technology Puts Biomedical Imaging In Palm Of Hands

Posted May 16, 2008:

• Firearms Microstamping Feasible But Variable, Study Finds

Posted May 7, 2008:

• New Method For Processing Rape Evidence Could Eliminate Crime-lab Backlogs

Posted May 3, 2008:

• New 'Weapon' In Forensics: Device Detects Latent Prints On Human Skin

Posted April 21, 2008:

• 3-D Images -- Cordless And Any Time

Posted April 12, 2008:

• DNA Paternity Test Almost Fooled: Man Put Someone Else's Saliva In His Mouth

Posted April 9, 2008:

• Crime Scene Investigations: Gunshot Residue Analysis On A Single Gunpowder Particle

Posted March 27, 2008:

• Biosensing Nanodevice To Revolutionize Health Screenings

Posted March 25, 2008:

• CSI Fact Catching Up With Fiction As Chemists Develop New Technology

Posted March 17, 2008:

• Handheld DNA Detector

Posted March 5, 2008:

• New National Database Of Ballistic Markings From Guns Not Recommended

Posted February 13, 2008:

• Fake Malaria Drugs Made In China: Tracking Down The Threat To Global Health

Posted January 30, 2008:

• The Eyes Have It: Researchers Can Now Determine When A Human Was Born By Looking Into The Eyes Of The Dead

Posted January 24, 2008:

• New Microchip For PCR Testing At Crime Scenes, Doctors' Offices

Posted January 14, 2008:

• Concerns Over Potential Future Use Of DNA Of Innocents On National Database

Posted November 29, 2007:

• Simple Test Improves Accuracy Of Polygraph Results

Posted November 28, 2007:

• Forensics Go High-tech With CT Autopsies
• New Automated System IDs Victims Of Mass Disasters In Minutes

Posted November 15, 2007:

• Micro Microwave Does Pinpoint Cooking For Miniaturized Labs

Posted November 7, 2007:

• New Technique To Determine The Age Of Immigrant Minors Through Ribs And Teeth

Posted November 2, 2007:

• Catching Terrorists Red-handed: Contact With Homemade Explosives Easy To Detect

Posted October 18, 2007:

• Science Casts Doubt On Famous British Murder Case

Posted September 24, 2007:

• Fast, Portable Test Promises To Help Detect Flammable Liquids In Arson

Posted September 15, 2007:

• Research To Assist In Investigation Of Criminal And Terrorist Activity

Posted August 8, 2007:

• Nano-layer Of Ruthenium Stabilizes Magnetic Sensors

Posted August 7, 2007:

• Chemical Imaging: Potential New Crime Busting Tool

Posted July 24, 2007:

• Fingerprinting With Light Shows Promise For Improved Crime-fighting
• Magnetic Tape Analysis 'Sees' Tampering In Detail

Posted July 19, 2007:

• Scientist's Patent Dramatically Improves DNA Analysis
• New Ink Sampling Technique Taking A Bite Of Out Time

Posted July 10, 2007:

• Insects To Solve Crimes

Posted May 29, 2007:

• 'Virtual Autopsy' Helps Identify Drowning As Cause Of Death

Posted May 17, 2007:

• Bullet Evidence Challenges Findings In JFK Assassination

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