Forensic News

Posted June 8, 2011:

• Saving Wildlife With Forensic Genetics

Posted June 6, 2011:

• Brain Scans Appear to Show Changes Associated With Violent Behavior

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Diagnosing Stomach Disease in Pet Reptiles

Posted May 27, 2011:

• Cystic Fibrosis-Associated Bacteria Could Help Fight Back Against Antibiotic Resistance

Posted May 24, 2011:

• Sardines and Horse Mackerel Identified Using Forensic Techniques
• New Way to Analyze a Bloody Crime Scene: Chicken Wing Sauce and Trigonometry Brought to Bear on CSI Enigma

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Dusting for Fingerprints -- It Ain't CSI
• Digital Forensic Examiners Face Stress, Role-Conflict

Posted May 10, 2011:

• How to Tell When Someone's Lying: Psychologist Helps Law Enforcement Agencies Tell Truth from Deception

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Medical Evidence of Torture Neglected in Guantánamo Bay Detainees, Suggests Review of Records

Posted April 21, 2011:

• Historic Church's Subterranean Secrets Revealed

Posted April 14, 2011:

• Human Factors/ergonomics Research Leads to Improved Bunk Bed Safety Standards

Posted April 13, 2011:

• Gangs Don't Protect Against Crime, Study Suggests

Posted April 12, 2011:

• Forensics: Developing a Tool for Identification -- Even Using Very Degraded DNA Samples

Posted April 11, 2011:

• Pharmacogenetics Testing Offers Way to Reduce Deaths from Drug Toxicity

Posted April 5, 2011:

• DNA Stretching: New Technique to Detect Illnesses

Posted April 4, 2011:

• Facial Structures of Men and Women Have Become More Similar Over Time

Posted March 31, 2011:

• Mysteries of Jupiter and Saturn Rings: Forensic Sleuthing Ties Ring Ripples to Impacts

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Demographics Cloud Optimism on African-American Violent Crime Decrease

Posted March 23, 2011:

• Long-Term Methadone Treatment Can Affect the Brain

Posted March 22, 2011:

• Forensics: Overweight People Really Are Big-Boned

Posted March 11, 2011:

• Predicting Future Appearance: New Computer-Based Technique Ages Photographic Images of People's Faces

Posted March 8, 2011:

• Identifying 'Anonymous' Email Authors

Posted March 7, 2011:

• Microbial Forensics Used to Solve the Case of the 2001 Anthrax Attacks

Posted March 3, 2011:

• Method Developed to Match Police Sketch, Mug Shot: Algorithms and Software Will Match Sketches With Mugshots in Police Databases

Posted March 1, 2011:

• Building Trust With Cooperative Witnesses in a Crime Investigation
• New Non-Surgical Autopsy Technique Set to Revolutionize Post-Mortem Practice

Posted February 23, 2011:

• How Metaphors Shape the Debate About Crime Fighting

Posted February 22, 2011:

• New Technology Pinpoints Genetic Differences Between Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients

Posted February 19, 2011:

• Enhancing Nuclear Security

Posted February 15, 2011:

• Science Alone Does Not Establish Source of Anthrax Used in 2001 Mailings, Report Finds

Posted February 9, 2011:

• Crocodile Tears Don't Fool Us All: Study Gives Behavioral Clues to Spot Fabricated Versus Genuine Displays of Remorse

Posted February 8, 2011:

• What Your TV Habits May Say About Your Fear of Crime

Posted February 2, 2011:

• Good Cop Beats Bad Cop, Research Shows; Study Explores Why Dialogue Yields Better Results Than Coercion

Posted January 31, 2011:

• Forensic Breakthrough: Recovering Fingerprints on Fabrics Could Turn Clothes Into Silent Witnesses

Posted January 27, 2011:

• Current U.S. Juvenile Treatment Methods for Violent Offenders Costly, Ineffective, Researcher Finds

Posted January 19, 2011:

• Converting 2-D Photo Into 3-D Face for Security Applications and Forensics
• New Technique to Help Catch Sexual Offenders: Scientists Detect Condom Lubricant on Fingermarks for the First Time

Posted January 12, 2011:

• Climate Disasters: How People Respond

Posted January 11, 2011:

• CT Helps Identify Bullet Trajectories

Posted January 3, 2011:

• Hair Color of Unknown Offenders Is No Longer a Secret

Posted December 22, 2010:

• Drifting Fish Larvae Allow Marine Reserves to Rebuild Fisheries

Posted December 14, 2010:

• Sovereign's Head Identified After More Than Four Centuries

Posted December 9, 2010:

• Living in Certain Neighborhoods Increases the Chances Older Men and Women Will Develop Cancer, Study Finds

Posted December 1, 2010:

• CT Best at Uncovering Drug Mule Payload, Study Finds

Posted November 30, 2010:

• World's Fastest Camera Takes a New Look at Biosensing

Posted November 24, 2010:

• New Guidance Issued for First Responders Collecting Suspected Biothreat Agents

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Age Estimation from Blood Has Immediate Forensic Application

Posted November 17, 2010:

• Deepwater Horizon: Not Managing Danger, Not Learning from 'Near Misses'

Posted November 10, 2010:

• Seeing the Invisible: New 'CSI Tool' Visualizes Bloodstains and Other Substances

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