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Scientists Discover Oldest Known Modern Human Fossil Outside of Africa

January 26, 2018

Analysis of fossil suggests Homo sapiens left Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought

Forensic Researchers Find More Accurate Way to Estimate Age of Deceased

January 24, 2018

Researchers have found a more accurate way to assess an individual's age at death, based on the bone mineral density of the f...

Team Uses DNA to Protect the Rhinoceros From Extinction

January 10, 2018

Genetic evidence helping match confiscated rhinoceros horns to crime scenes—already used in scores of successful prosec...

The CSI Effect: Viewing TV Crime Shows Does Not Make Better Criminals

January 5, 2018

Psychological study finds no link between exposure to popular forensic science dramas and the ability to conceal a crime...

Could Ancient Bones Suggest Santa Was Real?

December 19, 2017

New Oxford University research has revealed that bones long venerated as relics of the saint, do in fact date from the right ...

S&T is Enhancing the Autopsy Digital Forensics Tool

December 18, 2017

An open-source, digital forensics platform used by law enforcement agencies worldwide is being enhanced with the additio...

A Shoe-Box-Sized Chemical Detector

December 15, 2017

New sensor could potentially be used to identify traces of drugs and explosives, as well as speeding the analysis of cer...

New Software Can Verify Someone's Identity by Their DNA in Minutes

November 30, 2017

Designed for cheap DNA sequencers, technology could improve research quality-controls

On-The-Spot DNA Checks at Ports of Entry to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

November 21, 2017

Unidentifiable bits of animals and plants can now be rapidly identified with a DNA barcoding field kit for a major impact on ...

A New Advanced Forensics Tool

November 13, 2017

Recovering erased serial numbers in a polymer

Chemists Develop Method to Quickly Screen, Accurately Identify Fentanyl

November 7, 2017

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new drug screening technique that could lead to the rapid and accurate id...

Crime-Scene Technique Used to Track Turtles

November 6, 2017

University of Exeter researchers measured "stable isotope ratios"—a chemical signature also used by forensic scientists...

Team Aims to Turn Computer Systems into Digital Detectives

November 2, 2017

Scientists want to use algorithms to extract useful information from video footage, photos, and other material

6,000-Year-Old Skull Could Be the Earliest Known Tsunami Victim

October 26, 2017

Studies have now shed light on what could be the earliest record of a person killed in a tsunami: someone who lived 6,000 yea...

Fingerprints Lack Scientific Basis for Legal Certainty

October 6, 2017

CMU's Joseph B. Kadane and AAAS Forensic Report call for more research into validity of fingerprint comparisons

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