Forensics News and Research - December 2009 Archives
 | A recent AFOSR-funded technology should enable the Air Force to achieve advances in object and target detection technology by using sophisticated algebraic theories called groups, rings and fields.
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 | The police service faces a host of new challenges but also opportunities in the wake of the Sept. 11 and July 7 terrorism attacks and the global economic downturn. ...> Full Article |
Using literature written by Thomas Hardy, D.H. Lawrence and Herman Melville, physicists in Sweden have developed a formula to detect different authors' literary "fingerprints."
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 | Two researchers from the University of Salamanca have developed a procedure to enable forensic police to extract metric data from crime scenes using just a single photograph. Their proposal, published recently in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, makes it possible to reconstruct a crime scene in 3-D. ...> Full Article |
There is no quantitative standard used by the worldwide fingerprint community to determine the quantity and quality of information in an image or for the number of points of comparison required for identification. The National Institute of Justice has awarded researchers at Virginia Tech a two-year, $854,907 grant to develop a quantitative approach to measuring and establishing a standard for "sufficiency" of information available in fingerprint patterns.
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Fish can recognize a face based on UV pattern alone
Ancient DNA from rare fossil reveals that polar bears evolved recently and adapted quickly
'Anaconda' meets 'Jurassic Park': Study shows ancient snakes ate dinosaur babies
Scientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off Antarctica
Mars Express heading for closest flyby of Phobos
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
Predicting the fate of stem cells
Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking
New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
What drives our genes? Researchers map the first complete human epigenome
Juggling enhances connections in the brain
Fill 'er up - with algae
Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
Can math and science help solve crimes?
Imaging method for eye disease used to eye art forgeries
New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance
Police service faces unprecedented challenges amid global recession
Crime scene measurements can be taken from a single image
'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed