Do you know what all of your fingerprints look like? Would you be able to tell whether the pattern of ridges and valleys on a fingerprint was made by you or by someone else? If so, you might have what it takes to be a fingerprint ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 3, 2012
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When you switch off your computer any passwords you used to login to web pages, your bank or other financial account evaporate into the digital ether, right? Not so fast! Researchers in Greece have discovered a security loophole ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 11, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- When it comes to cocaine, users of the drug in Lubbock abuse up to a third more on the weekends.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 13, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Forensic researchers at Florida International University have developed a groundbreaking method that can tie a shooter to the ammunition used to commit a crime, giving law enforcement agencies a new tool to ...
Other
Jun 6, 2012
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The French media like to call him the "Indiana Jones of the graveyards", but perhaps a better tag would be the Sherlock Holmes of forensic science.
Archaeology
May 24, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After examining murder-suicides over a 145-year period, a Ball State research team has found the majority of such acts occur in the home and the perpetrator and victim are in an intimate relationship.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2012
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Law enforcement officials who are tasked with identifying a body based on partial skeletal remains have a new tool at their disposal. A new paper from North Carolina State University researchers details how to determine the ...
Archaeology
Feb 29, 2012
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Genomes are catalogs of hereditary information that determine whether an organism becomes a plant, animal, fungus or microbe, and whether the organism is adapted to its surroundings. Determining the sequence of DNA within ...
Biotechnology
Feb 27, 2012
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Urgently needed tests which could help identify the manufacturers of designer 'legal high' drugs are being developed in research led at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 13, 2011
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Poachers could be tracked down through tests for human DNA on deer remains, according to research led by scientists at the University of Strathclyde.
Biotechnology
Sep 9, 2011
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