Earlier this month, private equity funds managed by Blackstone reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ancestry from Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity, Permira, and other equity holders for a total enterprise value of $4.7 billion.
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The Center for Wildlife Forensics will strengthen NParks’ detection and diagnostic capabilities by drawing upon expertise across NParks to identify and analyse specimens involved in the illegal wildlife trade.
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In 1966, a young woman drowned in Ropers Motel pool in Pecos, Texas and more than 50 years later this young woman remains unidentified.
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Patty Williams Childress, herself a genealogist, social worker and private investigator, had been researching the cases in DDP’s pipeline when she spotted the similarities in this one.
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The goal of geoFOR is to capture as much information as possible on body decomposition across a variety of geographic areas. Ideally, after years of data input, the app should contain enough data to provide near-instant estimates of time of death.
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Without being able to test a sample in the field, law enforcement must seize any suspected controlled substance and submit it to a crime lab for full analysis, which can take months and cost thousands.
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Jennifer Piel is a forensic psychiatrist on a mission to provide psychiatric help for people involved in the justice system–both those facing criminal and civil entanglements–and those working with them.
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In the middle of March as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, the Army made mission adjustments to focus on protecting the force, posturing for global operational readiness, and supporting the national effort to fight the new novel coronavirus.
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Scientists report in a pilot study that opioid side effects like inflammation and pain sensitivity might be influenced by the body’s own immune system, which can make antibodies against the drugs.
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Remains found at a house in Virginia could date back between the 1700's and 1800's. A large portion of the remains were exhumed for examination.
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