The Vatican has closed the case of bones found in a nearby cemetery, determining they are all at least 100 years old and therefore cannot be those of a woman reported missing nearly 40 years ago.
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A drug that lowers levels of the male hormone testosterone in the body reduces the risk of men with pedophilic disorder sexually abusing children, a study published recently shows.
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A new algorithm could enable faster, less expensive detection of weapons-grade nuclear materials at borders, quickly differentiating between benign and illicit radiation signatures in the same cargo.
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In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used non-destructive Raman spectroscopy to analyze dry oral fluid to differentiate between smoker and non-smoker donors—with the help of an artificial neural network.
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The current health threat is a crisis few have planned for but, as they have done in the past, citizens have turned to law enforcement for support and reassurance that the situation is being controlled.
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Researchers have provided detailed insights and recommendations to help one of the UK's largest police forces recognize, report and analyse instances of violence from children toward parents.
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The age/sex identification matrix is an interpretive framework that incorporates the generalized cut-offs for age based upon ridge breadth data and the cut-offs for sex based upon ridge density data.
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Ten forensic scientists and one DNA research coordinator have volunteered to lend their expertise to assist the IDPH at the Chicago, Springfield and Carbondale laboratories.
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Researchers developed an AI system that analyzes linguistic patterns to predict a youth's risk for committing acts of school violence.
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Statisticians and forensic scientists across the country will keep working to put statistics behind the pattern evidence found in bloodstains and fingerprints and the digital evidence found in phones and computers.
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