Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
481 to 490 of 697 stories
view headlines only
-
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 -
Rape In War Demands More Attention From Medical Editors And Health Professionals
January 26, 2009 — Rape in war is common, devastating, and too often ignored, says a new editorial in PLoS ... > 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 -
Scientists Test Blast-Resistant Concrete
January 22, 2009 — Engineers have tested a new form of concrete designed to reduce the impact of bomb blasts in public ... > full story -
'Warrior Gene' Predicts Aggressive Behavior After Provocation
January 21, 2009 — People with the so-called "warrior gene" exhibit higher levels of behavioral aggression in response to provocation, according to new research. In the experiment, subjects penalized opponents by ... > 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 -
Excessive Police Violence Evident In Emergency Care Cases, Say US Doctors
December 23, 2008 — Excessive police violence is evident in the types of injury and trauma emergency care doctors are treating in the US, indicates research published in Emergency Medicine ... > 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 -
Improving Overall Safety Of New York City Subway Systems
December 16, 2008 — Structural interventions and public safety messages may be the most effective ways to prevent subway fatalities and improve the overall safety of New York City subway systems, according to a new ... > full story -
How The Brain Thinks About Crime And Punishment
December 10, 2008 — A new study reveals that humans use different neural mechanisms for determining criminal responsibility and assigning an appropriate punishment. The research, published in the journal Neuron, ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,088
more 
