Forensic News

Posted October 7, 2008:

• DNA Could Reveal Your Surname

Posted September 25, 2008:

• Crime Definition And Control Are Central To The Transnational Condition

Posted September 24, 2008:

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

Posted September 23, 2008:

• Photonic Crystal Biosensors Detect Protein-DNA Interactions

Posted September 19, 2008:

• Genetic Testing Anywhere: Micro-Sizes Hand-Held 'Lab-on-a-Chip' Devices Under Development

Posted September 16, 2008:

• Child Witnesses: How To Improve Their Performance

Posted September 15, 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 August 28, 2008:

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

Posted August 27, 2008:

• Fingerprint Breakthrough Hope In US Double Murder Probe

Posted August 26, 2008:

• Fingerprint Analysis Technique Could Be Used To Identify Bombmakers

Posted August 17, 2008:

• Adults Easily Fooled By Children's False Denials, Study Finds

Posted August 7, 2008:

• Fingerprints Provide Clues To More Than Just Identity

Posted August 1, 2008:

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

Posted July 31, 2008:

• Ivory Poaching At Critical Levels: Elephants On Path To Extinction By 2020?

Posted July 28, 2008:

• Hypnosis Shown To Reduce Symptoms Of Dementia
• Structure Of Hepatitis B Mapped By Spraying Virus

Posted July 17, 2008:

• Eyewitnesses May Misidentify Perpetrator Of A Crime Due To Stress Or Fear

Posted July 15, 2008:

• Psychiatric Forensic Patients With Tattoos More Likely To Have Antisocial Personality Disorder

Posted June 25, 2008:

• Morbid Thoughts Whet The Appetite

Posted June 18, 2008:

• New Computerized System Estimates Geographic Location Of Photos

Posted June 9, 2008:

• New Research Refutes Myth Of Pure Scandinavian Race
• Sniffing Out A Broad-Spectrum Of Airborne Threats In Seconds

Posted June 3, 2008:

• White Dwarf Lost In Planetary Nebula

Posted June 2, 2008:

• New Fingerprint Breakthrough By Forensic Scientists

Posted May 20, 2008:

• New Technology Puts Biomedical Imaging In Palm Of Hands

Posted May 14, 2008:

• Firearms Microstamping Feasible But Variable, Study Finds

Posted May 13, 2008:

• Teen Helps Design Classroom DNA Experiments Using Common Food Dyes

Posted May 7, 2008:

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

Posted May 6, 2008:

• Psychiatric Profile Of Teenagers At Risk For Committing Violent Acts, School Shootings

Posted May 1, 2008:

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

Posted April 22, 2008:

• Lying? The Face Betrays Deceiver's True Emotions, But In Unexpected Ways
• 'Crime Scene Investigation' Methods Could Help In The Battle Against Hospital Infections

Posted April 16, 2008:

• 3-D Images -- Cordless And Any Time

Posted April 10, 2008:

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

Posted April 7, 2008:

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

Posted March 25, 2008:

• Biosensing Nanodevice To Revolutionize Health Screenings

Posted March 24, 2008:

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

Posted March 13, 2008:

• New Window Opens On The Secret Life Of Microbes

Posted March 10, 2008:

• New Technique Puts DNA Profiling Of E. Coli On Fast Track
• Handheld DNA Detector

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Brothers And Sisters Of Abuse Victims Often Help Cover Up Or Even Commit Abuse, Study Suggests
• Go With Your Gut -- Intuition Is More Than Just A Hunch, Says New Research
• New National Database Of Ballistic Markings From Guns Not Recommended

Posted February 16, 2008:

• US Not Set Up To Trace Nuclear Terrorist Device In Aftermath, Report Says

Posted February 12, 2008:

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

Posted January 29, 2008:

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

Posted January 28, 2008:

• Genome-Wide Study Shed Lights On Factors That Contribute To DNA Mutations

Posted January 21, 2008:

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

Posted January 11, 2008:

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

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