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New research from PNNL uses machine learning, data analytics, and artificial reasoning to make threat detection and forensic analysis in the nuclear domain easier and faster.

For the first time, Flinders University forensic science researchers have examined the presence and transfer of human DNA on pets such as cats and dogs.

The research – conducted with The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), New Zealand – analyses the retention of methamphetamine residues on different surfaces.

The DNA of Babul Mia, a Bangladeshi accused of killing Shah Alam was found on the handle of a knife recovered from the crime scene.

In a rape case in Drenthe, the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) was trying to develop a way to distinguish the DNA of the suspect’s identical twins.

Forensic Science professor and Director of Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, Kentucky, claims he is working on a device that will allow authorities to quicken the turnaround time for DNA Analysis.

A drop of blood subjected to modern DNA testing enabled Vermont State Police detectives to arrest the culprit in the 1989 murder of a Danby couple found stabbed to death in their home

The postmortem report of Shiau Mohamed Saeed, who was found brutally murdered in August, showed that she had been stabbed several times in various parts of her body even after her death, police said in the press conference on 15 October 2022.

NIST’s draft report questions the validity of bitemark analysis, highlighting concerns over its scientific foundation. Public comment is open until December 12, 2022.

Discover how Rescue Biomedical is developing a groundbreaking opioid overdose detection and naloxone delivery system with the support of an NIH SBIR grant.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Teams with Othram to Identify Elk Valley Jane Doe. The child whose skeletal remains were found nearly four decades ago in Campbell County has been identified as 15-year-old Tracy Sue Walker.

A woman was found dead with injuries inside a house in the city. The arms and legs of the deceased were amputated, and her neck was severely stabbed. A man was arrested in connection with the incident. The police are yet to share further information regarding the incident.

Image analysis using deep learning, a sub-domain of machine learning, has demonstrated significant benefits in accuracy and reliability within health care; yet few studies have applied these techniques to the forensic analysis of injuries

Maldives: A rule on post-mortems has been enacted to give police the power to conduct post-mortems to determine the cause of death.

Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome sequence. According to researchers, having a complete, gap-free sequence of the roughly 3 billion bases (or “letters”) in our DNA is critical for understanding the full spectrum of human genomic variation and for understanding the genetic contributions to certain diseases. The work was done by the Telomere to Telomere (T2T) consortium, which included leadership from researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health; University of California, Santa…

Forensic genetic genealogy has solved a decades-old cold case involving Roxanne Wood, using a highly degraded DNA sample to identify the assailant. Learn about this groundbreaking case.

Maldivian High Court has upheld the ten-year prison sentence by the Hithadhoo Magistrate Court against Child molester, Hassan Ameen, (S. Hithadhoo, Huraa) who was convicted for carrying out a sexual act with a 14-year-old girl on 8 August 2015 while staying at the same house as the victim.

The first amendment to the Sexual Offences Act (Law No. 17/2014) was ratified by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Monday (December 6, 2021), upon which it has been publicized in the government gazette.

The body of Minerliz Soriano was found wrapped in plastic inside a dumpster behind what used to be a a Hollywood Video store by a homeless man, with no arrests ever made in the case until Monday

Authorities will provide more details Friday about how they identified the body of a 1991 homicide victim in New Jersey known by her tattoo as “Tiger Lady” as a missing teenager from Pennsylvania. In a news release on Wednesday, Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said investigators determined the female was from Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Her name has not been released. Her body was found off Interstate 80 in Knowlton Township near the Pennsylvania border on Oct. 26, 1991. Her death was ruled a homicide, but investigators were never able to determine how she died. She became known as the “Tiger Lady”…