A definitive answer to the question of where the famous explorer came from could be just five months away as international scientists launched an effort to read the DNA from his remains and identify his geographic origin.
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Researchers have found that technology known as MALDI-MSI can be applied at crime scenes for the tandem detection of human blood and DNA-typing from enhanced fingerprints.
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Researchers have developed a fluorescent polymer that binds to blood in a fingerprint—without damaging any DNA also on the surface—to create high-contrast images.
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"This outcome is exactly what local prosecutors were hoping for when the Attorney General and the DOJ redoubled the efforts to get all remaining cold case sexual assault evidence tested a few years ago,” said Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley.
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Police have turned up bones and other evidence under the floor of a dwelling near Mexico City where a man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman to death and hacking up her body.
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Findings show that concealed information tests relying on electrical activity of the brain are ineffective in older adults because of changes to recognition-related brain activity that occurs with aging.
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Between workplace appearance policies that felt restrictive and uncomfortable conversations regarding social injustice, Powell felt she had to make a change—from forensics to entrepreneur.
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In a unique solution that would make Doc Brown proud, a team of forensic scientists solved a 1988 rape case by going back to the beginning—leveraging the equipment and techniques that were considered the gold standard over three decades ago.
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If a DNA profile can be obtained, subject to the amount and quality of the DNA, a forensic case meeting will be held to formulate the most appropriate DNA strategy forward.
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In early 2007, Stevens transported the remains to the Biological Anthropology Laboratory at the University of South Carolina for further study. He conducted extensive research over a period of years to determine their origin
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