Forensics News and Research - March 2010 Archives
An expert in forensic anthropology argues that the database should include computer records of citizens such as anthropological data, physiognomic characteristics, medical information, radiographic files, dental records and numbers of different identity documents. Tzipi Kahana believes that radiographic techniques, together with information from this database, are a reliable mechanism for identifying bodies after natural disasters or attacks.
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 | Forensic scientists may soon have a valuable new item in their toolkits -- a way to identify individuals using unique, telltale types of hand bacteria left behind on objects like keyboards and computer mice, says a new University of Colorado at Boulder study.
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 | Arizona State University scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment.
Tao's team was able to detect and identify tiny particles of the explosive trinitrotoluene or TNT -- each weighing less than a billionth of a gram -- on the ridges and canals of a fingerprint. ...> Full Article |
The major function of the lab will be the identification of seized drugs and toxicology analysis. Services will be provided by almost a dozen full-time forensic scientists and support staff and will offer intern opportunities to forensic science students at Sam Houston State University.
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Most people are familiar with security technology that scans a person's handprint or eye for identification purposes. Now, thanks in part to research from North Carolina State University, we are closer to practical technology that can test someone's voice to confirm their identity.
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Enhancing cognition in older adults also changes personality
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A new artificial intelligence technique to speed the planning of tasks when resources are limited
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Film coatings made from whey
Growing US violent extremism by the numbers
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Bobsled runs -- fast and yet safe
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Forensic research extends detection of cyanide poisoning
Backpacks, not the bombs inside, key to finding DNA
New biometric data standard adds DNA, footmarks and enhanced fingerprint descriptions
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Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes
Digging up clues: Research on buried blow flies to help crime scene investigators