A new postmortem image database will be a resource for research in forensic anthropology, pathology, and radiology.
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The nearly $500,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Justice also helped create a Sexual Assault Response Team with experts from the university, hospital and community to guide the program and ensure it meets survivor needs.
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S&T invested in cutting-edge forensic science that can improve the speed and efficiency in verifying the country of origin of commercially available honey and its path to the supermarket shelves.
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A large-scale prisoner release in NJ “stress tested” the services system—social and health programs to help prisoners successfully transition from prison to community life—for their reentry into society and illuminated gaps between service provision and needs of former inmates.
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Scientists who study trauma and memory say it’s common for sexual assault survivors—as well as survivors of other serious traumas—to be unable to recall an attack fully.
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The Department of Forensic Science reached its 15,000th DNA Data Bank “hit.” This is a significant milestone in the history of the Data Bank, which was created in Virginia in 1989.
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After returning investigative leads back to law enforcement, the Montana State Crime Lab conducted DNA testing of close family to confirm that Granite County John Doe's identity was in fact David Jon Milek.
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There is no known research that has attempted to use Raman spectroscopy as a pre-screening tool for assessing DNA quantity and quality for forensic casework applications.
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Robertson has modified some existing forensic-based analytical techniques, and turned to radiochronometry, or the measurement of radioactive materials and their decay products to determine the ''age'' of the material.
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In a new proof-of-concept study, researchers have validated a reverse complement PCR (RC-PCR) short amplicon 85 SNP-plex panel that can be used to improve library preparation for DNA analysis of difficult samples.
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