In a proof-of-concept, a team has designed injectable nanoparticles that released naloxone when triggered by blue light.
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Forensic’s annual Holiday Gift Guide is here with some great ideas for the forensic scientist/criminologist/science nerd if your life.
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Nearly three decades after the body of a teenage girl was found in an alley in an enclave north of downtown Detroit, authorities have finally identified her.
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With innovative investigative genetic genealogy techniques deployed by the DNA Doe Project, the once unidentified woman has been identified as Melody Harrison, reported missing from Phoenix.
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Investigators estimated that the child had been deceased for one to two months before being found. The child was a black female and thought to be 3-4 years old.
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Such an undertaking entailed meticulous examination of tons of soil, aiming to recover fragments of human remains or personal effects crucial for identifying crew members.
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New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the receipt of $2 million in competitive federal funding to establish an advanced tracking system for the state’s Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) Kits.
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Researchers at the Complexity Science Hub have examined 1.2 million criminal incidents and developed an innovative method to identify patterns in criminal trajectories.
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There is a growing disconnect within the disciplines of what is being called crime scene processing and crime scene reconstruction. Many are overlooking or ignoring the importance of the context in which impression evidence is found.
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During the investigation the California Department of Justice was able to recover a latent fingerprint, which was ran through the Automated Latent Print System with no reported matches.
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