"We helped identify 50 perpetrators and victims of violent crimes this year, primarily using tiny, decades-old DNA samples," said Ellen Greytak, Director of Bioinformatics at Parabon.
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Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building.
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Eric Lander has been named Presidential Science Advisor, a position he will assume soon after Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Biden intends to elevate the Presidential Science Advisor, for the first time in history, to be a member of his Cabinet.
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Amber Hagerman’s murderer is still at large, but the Arlington Police Department (Texas) announced last week, on the 25th anniversary of her kidnapping, that they intend to submit multiple pieces of evidence for testing in hopes that new technologies can produce a DNA profile.
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A young man made a tragic discovery while fly-fishing on the Stillaguamish River in July 1980. The body of an unidentified man, known as "Stilly Doe," was found caught on a logjam in the river.
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After a partially unanswered Freedom of Information Act request, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the FBI to learn more about the federal agency’s Electronic Device Analysis Unit.
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In 1966, a young woman drowned in the Ropers Motel pool in Pecos, Texas and more than 50 years later she has been identified as Jolaine Hemmy.
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The Forensic Science Regulator has warned that parts of the sector remain in a precarious position and there is an urgent need for fundamental change.
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This new study will be more challenging for labs because it involves plant material rather than oils. Plant-based measurements are more difficult because the compounds are bound up in plant fibers.
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Researchers compared three designated areas where malt liquor sales were restricted, in parts of Spokane and Tacoma, with comparable neighborhoods that did not implement the same alcohol-related policies.
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