From deserted fields and dark forests to murky rivers and concrete jungles, environments can leave traces of physical evidence on a criminal. This principle has been well known to crime scene investigators (both real and ...
Other
Apr 12, 2016
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Researchers have made great strides in determining how long a human body has been dead by looking at characteristics of bones subjected to the elements. In one of the first studies looking at freezing and thawing specifically, ...
Archaeology
Apr 7, 2016
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For the first time, researchers have determined a signature of changes that occur to human remains, specifically bones, left outside in the New England environment.This signature or "patterning" can be used by law enforcement ...
Archaeology
Mar 3, 2016
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Culprits beware, a University at Albany research group, led by assistant chemistry professor Jan Halámek, is taking crime scene fingerprint identification to a new level.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 26, 2015
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Luminol gets trotted out pretty frequently on TV crime shows, but a new technique might someday compete with the storied forensics tool as a police procedural plot device and, perhaps more importantly, as a means of solving ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 23, 2015
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A revolutionary app that allows scene of crime officers to record evidence centrally in real time, thus speeding up crime scene investigations, has been celebrated at a flagship innovation event.
Software
Oct 13, 2015
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Potential applications for the machine-learning based method include anti-doping work, drug control by the Customs and crime scene investigation.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 1, 2015
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"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" is a well-known American TV series in which murder cases are solved with the help of precise forensic science. Although Prof. Sebastian Böcker and his team at the Friedrich Schiller University ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 22, 2015
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The crime scene investigators on TV's popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series seem able to solve any mystery thanks to a little science and a lot of artistic license. But now there is a real-life technique that could ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 12, 2015
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If you are into TV crime series, you have probably noticed how the likes of traces on bodies or shoe prints often help detectives to shorten their list of suspects. Such forensic evidence also plays a key role in real investigations, ...
Engineering
Jul 21, 2015
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