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Charges were filed against Nizam in the Criminal Court.

The Prosecutor General's Office said Nizam killed Mohammed Liton for money in his possession. Mohamed Nizam stole more than MVR 51,000 (fifty-one thousand Rufiyaa) belonging…

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DUI suspect’s DNA hits to 9 year old Rape Case

9 years after a young woman was sexually assaulted at knifepoint at a commuter rail station in Acton, an investigative breakthrough has resulted in the…

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Blowfly Database Will Enable More Accurate Time of Death Estimations

Factors such as temperature, humidity and changing seasons can affect the lifecycle of a blowfly species. Thus can be differentiated by species, locations, dates, seasons,…

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New forensic tools aid the fight against sexual assault and other crimes.

Now two European projects have developed technologies to improve ways of finding the microscopic material needed to ensure a conviction. One – from French biotechnology…

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Environmental DNA revealed a 2 two million-year-old biodiversity in Greenland.

The oldest known DNA revealed that Greenland was a lush landscape of trees and vegetation with an array of animals, even the now-extinct mastodon.

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Three New Biomarkers to detect OXIZID consumption.

They then narrowed down the selection to three metabolites that could serve as reference urinary biomarkers to detect OXIZID consumption. The metabolites were identified due…

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Fentanyl has potential for leading to safer pain-relieving drug.

chemically linking fentanyl to the sodium pockets that exist within nerve cell receptors, they could block the drug’s harmful side effects and still reduce pain.

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Deep UV System for Fingerprint Recognition Improved.

Research team used the Ga-rich component design and developed amorphous GaOx (a-GaOx) photo-synapses with enhanced persistent photoconductivity (PPC) effects. A non-linear mapping relationship for the…

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New Technique to Analyze Fentanyl in Blood, Urine

team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists has developed a new technique to analyze fentanyl in human blood and urine samples that could aid…

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A Technology to Advance DNA Analysis, Developed by Wisconsin

Scientists at a Wisconsin headquartered in Dane County have developed new technology that has the potential to change DNA analysis across the globe. It's the…

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Scotland ‘the first country in world’ to publish Code of Practice for Biometrics

Scotland has become the first nation in the world to publish a special code that governs the use of DNA and other biometrics data in…

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Forensic Advancements link Two Brothers to 1988 Rape

A 34-year-old sexual assault case was closed earlier this week with the arrest of George Thomas Jr., 61, of Arlington.  George Thomas Jr. was charged with…

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Is Environmental DNA the Future of Forensic Testing?

Organisms shed their DNA into the environment as skin particles, cells, and liquids, even while still alive. When these DNA fragments are sequenced they can…

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Detecting Nuclear Threats with Artificial Reasoning

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…

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Can pets help in Crime Solving?

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.

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New research gives the potential for more accurate methamphetamine detection.

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

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DNA on the blood-stained knife matches the suspect: DNA Analyst testified.

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.

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Investigators looking for DNA Differences between identical twins

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…

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A tool to speed up DNA sample turnaround times

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…

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DNA from Drop of Blood Yields Arrest in a Double Murder

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…

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