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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

Body of evidence: New fast, reliable method to detect gravesoil

Nothing against bloodhounds, but finding bodies buried by someone who wanted them to stay undiscovered can be difficult. However a new technique developed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2




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US probing cyber attacks on gas pipelines (Update)

A campaign of cyber attacks has been targeting US natural gas pipeline operators, officials acknowledged Tuesday, raising security concerns about vulnerabilities in key infrastructure.

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Genetic study unravels ancient links between African and European populations

Large numbers of people moved between Africa and Europe during recent and well-documented time periods such as the Roman Empire, the Arab conquest, and the slave trade, and genetic evidence of these migrations lives on in ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NIST releases first certified reference material for single-wall carbon nanotubes

(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the world’s first reference material for single-wall carbon nanotube soot. Distantly related to the soot in your fireplace ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Modern dogs are more Asian fusions than Euro pups, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Don't close the book on Fido’s genealogy just yet: A new study led by University of California, Davis, wildlife genetics researchers provides a surprising glimpse into the global heritage ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Genetic markers help feds enforce seafood regulations

New discoveries in "marine forensics" by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) will allow federal seafood agents to genetically test blue marlin to quickly and accurately determine ...

Biology / Ecology

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

Livermore and Russian scientists propose new names for elements 114 and 116

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today recommended new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

UK taxi driver becomes first mummy for 3,000 years

A former British taxi driver has become the first person in the world for 3,000 years to be mummified in the same way as the pharaohs.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 11

Breaking chemistry's bad rap

Breaking Bad, cable channel AMC's popular series chronicling the dark transformation of Walter White from suburban chemistry high school teacher to crystal meth master chef and criminal mastermind, makes chemistry entertaining ...

Chemistry / Other

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iowa State chemists help astronauts make sure their drinking water is clean

Bob Lipert held up a syringe, attached a plastic cartridge and demonstrated how chemistry developed at Iowa State University is helping astronauts and cosmonauts make sure they have safe drinking water at ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Entomologist discovers new wasp species

(PhysOrg.com) -- A warrior wasp? A wasp with jaws longer than its front legs? The new species of wasp that Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at the University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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