News tagged with forensic techniques
Author Grisham laments bad courtroom science
Best-selling crime author John Grisham told lawmakers that faulty science is all over the US justice system, and urged nationwide improvements to forensic techniques.
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Exhumation of Shakespeare to determine cause of death and drug test
(PhysOrg.com) -- Director of the Institute for Human Evolution, anthropologist Francis Thackeray has formally petitioned the Church of England to allow him to exhume the body of William Shakespeare in order ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 27, 2011 |
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New forensic laser technique for hair analysis can reveal historical data
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a new laser technique, Jim Moran and his colleagues at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have devised a method of separating out the parts of hair samples that can reveal details ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 29, 2011 |
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Evidence of medical complicity in torture at Guantanamo Bay
Inspection of medical records, case files, and legal affidavits provides compelling evidence that medical personnel who treated detainees at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) failed to inquire and/or document causes of physical injuries ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Turning clothes into silent witnesses
Forensic experts at the University of Abertay Dundee and the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) are leading the way in the research of new ground-breaking forensic techniques within the field of fingerprints.
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Life and death (and sex and sewage) in a Roman town
Forget your preconceptions about the civilised, sparkling, white cityscapes of the ancient world: Real-life Pompeii was an altogether more sordid proposition, as Cambridge classicist Mary Beard is set to explain.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Real crime scene investigation of blood splatter patterns imperfect
In fictional television shows such as Dexter and CSI, patterns in blood splatters at the scene of crime can be counted on to lead investigators to the killer. In real life, they're a useful tool -- but an ...
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Ancient animal urine provides insight into climate change
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Leicester are using an unusual resource to investigate ancient climates– prehistoric animal urine.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Roman era York may have been more diverse than today
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new archaeological study in Britain has shown that its multi-cultural nature is not a new phenomenon, but that even in Roman times there was a strong African influence, with North Africans ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 01, 2010 |
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