Did you know Afghanistan is the source of more than 80% of the world’s opium? Academics will use artificial intelligence to interpret data from satellites to track where poppy crops are grown in Afghanistan.
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The cold case team completed a comprehensive review of the investigation and re-submitted evidence to the Department of Justice for fresh analysis, which produced compelling results .
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The investigators initiated a brand new inquiry into the January 2000 shooting, reviewing all existing case files and evidence.
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Forensic experts have determined that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda died of poisoning nearly 50 years ago.
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Forensic Science Day at GCU began in 2012 and has steadily grown to expose high school and community college students to the field.
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Investigators have released a new facial approximation of a Jane Doe whose body was found in 1993. At least 30 relatives of Jane Doe have been identified and contacted, but her identity still remains a mystery.
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A Southern California man was charged last week with killing two women in 1981 after DNA evidence linked him to the crimes, prosecutors announced Thursday.
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Numerous reporting parties indicated they believed the remains to be that of David West, Jr., a man who had disappeared from Sherman County trying to cross the John Day River during a large flooding event in 1964.
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Researchers have developed a new procedure to capture more information from eyewitnesses during police investigations and better detect a suspect's guilt or innocence.
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Scientists applied machine vision models and were able to deduce from the context of an image if it pertained to the sale of a live animal.
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