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Posted September 21, 2010:

• Mixed-Use Neighborhoods Reduce Some Violent Crimes, Study Says
• Stem Cell Researchers Call for Research Ethics Consortium

Posted September 17, 2010:

• Asian 'Unicorn' Photographed for First Time in Over 10 Years

Posted September 9, 2010:

• Scope-Severity Paradox: Inflicting Greater Harm Judged to Be Less Harmful, Study Finds
• In Attracting Mates, Male Bowerbirds Appear to Rely on Special Optical Effect

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Bipolar Disorder Does Not Increase Risk of Violent Crime, Swedish Study Suggests

Posted September 3, 2010:

• Increase in Cambodia's Vultures Gives Hope to Imperiled Scavengers

Posted August 31, 2010:

• Hospitals Face Legal Dilemma If They Test Incapacitated Patients After Needle Accidents

Posted August 25, 2010:

• Serengeti Highway Would Disrupt World's Greatest Migration, Conservationists Warn

Posted August 24, 2010:

• Blood Transfusions Should Not Go Ahead Without Informed Consent, Experts Say
• No Laughing Matter: Laughter Can Play Key Role in Group Dynamics

Posted August 20, 2010:

• Study Examines Nitrogen, Copper Levels in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Posted August 16, 2010:

• Disadvantaged Adolescents Prone to Adult Crime and Substance Abuse Problems, Study Finds

Posted August 15, 2010:

• Home Foreclosure Is Symptom -- Not Cause -- For Increased Crime Rates, Research Shows

Posted August 10, 2010:

• Program Is Changing Approaches to Supervising Criminal Offenders

Posted August 8, 2010:

• As Crops Wither in Russia's Severe Drought, Vital Plant Field Bank Faces Demolition

Posted August 6, 2010:

• Looking for the Coolest Forms of Life on Earth

Posted August 5, 2010:

• Redefining Sexual Discrimination

Posted August 4, 2010:

• Fast Forensic Test Can Match Suspects' DNA With Crime Samples in Four Hours

Posted July 27, 2010:

• Alaska's Arctic Seas: Court Ruling Halts Offshore Lease Sale

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Adults Recall Negative Events Less Accurately Than Children, Study Finds

Posted July 8, 2010:

• Revised Standards for Psychology Services in Jails, Prisons, Correctional Facilities and Agencies

Posted July 7, 2010:

• Legalizing Marijuana in California Would Lower the Price of the Drug and Increase Use, Study Finds
• First Research Trip Across Western Amazon Yields Surprising Results

Posted July 6, 2010:

• Many Mephedrone Alternatives Just as Risky, Warn Experts
• Hips Don't Lie: Researchers Find More Accurate Technique to Determine Sex of Skeletal Remains

Posted July 2, 2010:

• Is Your Flashy School Website Safe?

Posted June 30, 2010:

• Shaken Baby Syndrome: New Theories Proposed

Posted June 29, 2010:

• Teeth of Cadavers Reveal Their Identity

Posted June 21, 2010:

• Scholar Calls for a New Legal, Ethical Framework for Research With Human Tissue Specimens
• Ultimate Cold Case: Anthropologist 'Bones Up' on Site of Ancient Invasion

Posted June 15, 2010:

• Guidance on Cross-Examination Improves Accuracy of Witness Testimony, Study Finds

Posted June 10, 2010:

• Children's Testimony May Be Influenced by Co-Witnesses

Posted June 8, 2010:

• Government Funding for Synthetic Biology on the Rise

Posted June 7, 2010:

• No Place to Hide: New 360-Degree Video Surveillance System Uses Image Stitching Technology That Is Perfectly Detailed Edge to Edge
• New Method Manipulates Particles for Sensors, Crime Scene Testing

Posted June 2, 2010:

• Apologies May Fuel Settlement of Legal Disputes, Study Says

Posted May 26, 2010:

• DNA Analyses Return 13 Haitian Children to Families: DNA-Prokids Bolivia

Posted May 25, 2010:

• Criminals Have Their Own Distictive 'Local Haunts' When Committing Crimes
• Medicine's Secret Archives
• Defendant's Gender Affects Length of Sentence

Posted May 20, 2010:

• 'Prehistoric' Frogs May Face Extinction If Conservation Area Is Opened to Mining

Posted May 19, 2010:

• Putting Teeth Into Forensic Science

Posted May 14, 2010:

• Rise in Immigration May Help Explain Drop in Violent Crimes, Says Researcher

Posted May 11, 2010:

• New Fingermark Analysis Technique Can Give Extra Suspect Details
• New Method Developed to Capture Fingerprints on Difficult Surfaces

Posted May 6, 2010:

• New Genes Involved in Human Eye Color Identified
• First-Ever Landscape-Wide Study of Elephants and Great Apes

Posted May 5, 2010:

• On-Site Pathology Improves the Inadequacy Rate of Ultrasound-Guided Thyroid Biopsies

Posted May 1, 2010:

• Living in a High-Crime Neighborhood May Worsen Children's Asthma

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