POSTS TAGGED AS forensics

“eDNA”    

eDNA North America
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is the term applied to collecting DNA samples for sequencing from air.  This isn’t a [MORE]

Hand Held Infrared Spectroscopy Device

Chemist Igor Lednev displays portable Raman spectrometer
“Forensic chemistry is an important area of analytical chemistry. This field has been rapidly [MORE]

Hair Protein Identification

Forensic ID with a strand of hair
There is no DNA in hair, apart from the hair follicle.  So, the widely [MORE]

Once Again, Relative-Matching Nabs a Murderer

DNA Results on SmartPhone
Genealogy has long been the sport of elders discovering their family history in church registries, census and [MORE]

Hacking Sequencers with Malware of Synthetic DNA; Scary

Illumina Genome Analyzer II Sequencing Machine
Today’s science-fiction can become tomorrow’s breakthroughs or its nightmares. The piece describes such a bad [MORE]

The Forensic Necrobiome

Forensic Science Lab
Establishing a time of death is crucial in murder investigations. But that can be particularly difficult if a [MORE]

Forensic Blood Test for Age Determination

Diagnostic Test for Aging
So far, there is no DNA marker for age, but Dutch researchers have found a way [MORE]