News tagged with forensic analysis

Dolphin whistles are unfit for porpoise

Bottlenose dolphins have whistles which they use to exclusively greet other members of their species, marine biologists in Scotland reported on Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new technique identifies corpses by comparing the skull with a picture of the subject alive

University of Granada researchers have developed a new forensic identification technique that compares the skull with one or several pictures of the subject while still alive. This system is based on the forensic identification ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New crime-fighting tools aim to deter and nab terrorists

Fingerprints, ballistics, DNA analysis and other mainstays of the forensic science toolkit may get a powerful new crime-solving companion as scientists strive to develop technology for "fingerprinting" and tracing the origins ...

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CSI: PCR-free techniques ID the most active microbes on the scene

Anyone who has watched one of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television shows knows that PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) is a technology used to amplify the tiniest samples of DNA into forensic evidence ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Before DNA: 20th-century forensics

Historians tend to see the birth of DNA fingerprinting in 1985 as a watershed in forensic investigation - the moment that gave birth to the systematic crime scene analysis we associate with TV programmes like ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Student publishes case for faster, less expensive DNA analysis

A Washington State University student's undergraduate research is challenging a widely held assumption on the best way to analyze old DNA in anthropological and forensic investigations.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How sensors can detect the crime-solving clues at our fingertips

A new approach to fingerprinting using sensor technology developed at the University of Sussex could soon be helping forensics teams date and identify prints left at a crime scene - by capturing their electrical ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony CEO apologizes for massive data breach

(AP) -- Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer apologized for "inconvenience and concern" caused by the security breach that compromised personal data from more than 100 million online gaming accounts.

Technology / Business

created May 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In Brief: Nuclear explosion debris may reveal bomb's origin

Nuclear explosion debris may contain microscopic evidence that could help investigators determine the origin of the bomb, according to a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New Device Will Slash Time for DNA Analysis

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Arizona Center for Applied Nanobioscience and Medicine is developing technology to revolutionize procedures in law enforcement and medicine.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Faster DNA analysis at room temperature

DNA microarrays are one of the most powerful tools in molecular biology today. The devices, which can be used to probe biological samples and detect particular genes or genetic sequences, are employed in everything ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ultra-Sensitive Cocaine Detection

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forensic science student Sonica Devi has found minute traces of cocaine at a number of public phone boxes in the city of Derby, UK - thanks to a new development in forensic analysis.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Biochip technology reveals 'fingerprints' of biochemical threats

(PhysOrg.com) -- Argonne biochemist Daniel Schabacker could be considered a Sherlock Holmes of bioterrorism. Although he doesn’t carry around a pipe and magnifying glass as he attempts to nab the culprit, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel studies of decomposition shed new light on our earliest fossil ancestry (w/ Video)

Decaying corpses are usually the domain of forensic scientists, but palaeontologists have discovered that studying rotting fish sheds new light on our earliest ancestry.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 31, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New Test Results Deepen Mystery Surrounding Explorer Everett Ruess

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder analysis of a skeleton found in Utah that initially indicated the remains were likely that of Southwest artist and poet Everett Ruess, who mysteriously disappeared in the ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0