News tagged with fingerprints
Get a grip! Blistering new evidence on why we have fingerprints
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fingerprints do not help primates grip, as previously thought, scientists have discovered. They actually reduce the friction needed to hold onto flat surfaces. Now Dr Roland Ennos and his ...
May 29, 2009 |
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Cancer drug causes patient to lose fingerprints and be detained by US immigration
Immigration officials held a cancer patient for four hours before they allowed him to enter the USA because one of his cancer drugs caused his fingerprints to disappear. His oncologist is now advising all cancer patients ...
May 27, 2009 |
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DNA may identify sailor 68 years after Pearl Harbor
The call came unexpectedly a few weeks ago, the sharp ring and a calm voice asking whether she was Starring Winfield's sister.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 26, 2009 |
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Advance in detecting melamine-adulterated food
Researchers in Indiana are reporting an advance toward faster, more sensitive tests for detecting melamine, the substance that killed at least 6 children and sickened 300,000 children in China who drank milk ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 13, 2009 |
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DIY 'tinkerers' create more than mere toys from spare parts
To Ken Delahoussaye, an old computer, cell phone, camera or even a child's toy is much more than a disposable device. Each is something he can take apart and fuse with other parts to create something totally new.
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Researchers give high marks to new technology for fingerprint identification
Overworked crime scene investigators can take heart at the results of recent tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of new technologies that automate the manual portion of latent ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Magnetic Vortex Switch Leads to Electric Pulse
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Arkansas have shown that changing the chirality, or direction of spin, of a nanoscale magnetic vortex creates an electric pulse, suggesting that such a pulse might be of use ...
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Why Do We Have Fingerprints?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Unlike most wrinkles on our bodies, which appear due to bending and stretching of the skin, fingerprints aren't the result of repeated motion. Each of us is born with a unique set of them, ...
Apr 04, 2009 |
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Researcher Looks at Ways to Detect Cancer in Urine Samples
Dr. Yinfa Ma has developed a method for pre-cancer screening that uses urine samples for detection. Ma hopes to be able to predict types of cancer as well as severity.
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Scientists develop new approach to mine disasters
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah scientists devised a new way to find miners trapped by cave-ins. The method involves installing iron plates and sledgehammers at regular intervals inside mines, and sensitive ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Evil-doers everywhere: Get a whiff of this
The food you eat, the drugs you take, your state of mind, and your gender -- all these make your sweat unique. Tel Aviv University chemists may turn this fact into a new crime-fighting tool that would make ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Novel Forensic Technique To Be Applied To Decade-Old Murder Probe
(PhysOrg.com) -- 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 case.
Jan 15, 2009 |
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