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Posted November 1, 2011:

• Roads Are Detrimental to Europe's Protected Bats, New Study Finds
• Digging Up Clues: Research on Buried Blow Flies to Help Crime Scene Investigators

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Fighting Violent Gang Crime With Math

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Access to Legal Aid Depends a Lot on Where You Live, Report Says

Posted October 25, 2011:

• Doctor Suggests Tabloids Publish Daily Smoking Death Toll

Posted October 24, 2011:

• Gun Traffickers Exploit Differences in State Laws, Economist Says

Posted October 20, 2011:

• U.S. Government Releases Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy for Nanotechnology

Posted October 14, 2011:

• Psychopathic Killers: Computerized Text Analysis Uncovers the Word Patterns of a Predator
• How to Punish Corporate Wrongdoers to Deter Bad Behavior
• Social Media Study Reveals Unreported Truths on the Nature of Street Protests, Experts Say

Posted October 13, 2011:

• Tests to Catch the Makers of Dangerous 'Legal High' Designer Drugs

Posted October 12, 2011:

• 'Cute' Chimps in Ads May Harm the Species' Survival
• Women in Prison: An Issue of Blaming the Individual for Social Problems

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Computer Vision Experts Develop 'Questionable Observer Detector'

Posted October 10, 2011:

• UK Experts Question Merits of Extending Competition to Improve Hospital Care

Posted October 7, 2011:

• Removal of Restrictions Can Decrease Music Piracy, Study Suggests

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Apply Public Trust Doctrine to 'Rescue' Wildlife from Politics

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Romance Scams Online Hit Hundreds of Thousands of Victims, UK Study Finds

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Scanner Spies Document Secrets
• A Challenging Decade for Britain's Mammals

Posted September 21, 2011:

• CSI: Microbial Version Without PCR

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Health-Based Approach May Help ID Groups at Risk of Genocide
• Minimizing Extinctions in a Changing Climate
• Genetic Defect That Leaves Some Without Fingerprints: Researchers Trace Cause to Rare Mutation

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Juvenile Delinquency Linked to Higher Suicide Risk

Posted September 10, 2011:

• Never Too Soon: Means to Reduce Violence May Start in Utero

Posted September 9, 2011:

• Groundbreaking DNA Tests Could Trap Deer Poachers

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Liquor Store Density Linked to Youth Homicides, U.S. Studies Find

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Best Practices for Treating Victims of Sexual Assault Outlined by Experts

Posted August 30, 2011:

• New Tests for Dangerous 'Legal Marijuana,' 'Bath Salts' and Other Emerging Designer Drugs
• Rare Siamese Crocodiles Hatched in Lao PDR
• Studies Question Effectiveness of Sex Offender Laws
• Ability to Remember Memories' Origin Not Fully Developed in Youths

Posted August 29, 2011:

• Public Disclosure of Clinical Trial Results by Health Canada Should Be Mandatory, Expert Argues

Posted August 28, 2011:

• Hollywood Screenwriters and Scientists: More Than an Artistic Collaboration

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Biological Communities Studied at Historical WWII Shipwrecks Along North Carolina

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Happiness Can Deter Crime, a New Study Finds

Posted August 20, 2011:

• Race and Poverty Often Unjustifiably Tied to School Security Measures

Posted August 15, 2011:

• Jailhouse Phone Calls Reveal Why Domestic Violence Victims Recant

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Tracking Crime in Real Time
• Is Hunting Wolves Key to Their Conservation?

Posted August 5, 2011:

• Right to Remain Silent Not Understood by Many Suspects; Confusion About Constitutional Rights Can Lead to Self-Incrimination, Psychologist Reports

Posted August 3, 2011:

• Widespread Mistaken Beliefs About Memory, U.S. National Survey Reveals

Posted August 2, 2011:

• Academics 'Guest Authoring' Ghostwritten Medical Journal Articles Should Be Charged With Fraud, Legal Experts Argue

Posted August 1, 2011:

• Pain Persists: Financial, Domestic Woes Worsen After Settlements for Back Injuries

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Pioneering Fingermark Technology Uses Mass Spectrometry Imaging to Provide Crime Scene Investigators With Key Extra Details

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Organized Crime Is Wiping out Wildlife, Report Finds

Posted July 26, 2011:

• College-Educated Undocumented Young Adults Face Same Narrow Range of Jobs as Their Parents

Posted July 20, 2011:

• Test for Classifying Force Used in Bottle Stabbings: New Study Aids Understanding of Force Required for Creating Injury

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