Forensic science – Page 5
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Opinion
Can acid dissolve a body?
Watch an experiment recreating how murderers tried to cover their tracks
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News
21,500 cases dismissed due to forensic chemist’s misconduct
US court moves to dismiss thousands of criminal cases involving evidence handled by Annie Dookhan
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News
News from the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco
News stories from the 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society
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News
Thiocyanate detector aims to end illegal cyanide fishing
A new sensor could identify whether fish were caught using a dangerous and illegal technique
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Opinion
Murder without forensic evidence
The 2012 hunt for Michelle Mockbee’s killer emphasised detective skill over fingerprints
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News
VX nerve agent behind Kim Jong-nam’s murder
Malaysian authorities report chemical weapon used to kill North Korean leader’s half-brother
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Opinion
How Roosevelt's Tree Army were poisoned
In the first of a new column, Raychelle Burks investigates a mass arsenic poisoning during the Great Depression
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News
DNA fingerprinting accuracy to be overhauled in US
Labs to use 20 markers rather than 13 in improvement that should help in cases involving DNA from multiple sources
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Review
Crime scene to court: the essentials of forensic science (fourth edition)
Samantha Drake uncovers new truths in a revised text
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Research
'Chemisphere' maps reveal everyday molecules we leave behind
Mass spec analysis of frequently touched surfaces and objects could one day tell forensic scientists who was in a room
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Feature
Separating the guilty and the innocent
Chromatography is one of the key weapons in the forensic scientist’s arsenal, as Clare Sansom discovers
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News
Forensic evidence in the firing line in the US
Feature comparison techniques like fingerprints, footprints and ballistics lack rigour, according to presidential council report
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News
Florida crime lab chemist jailed for drug theft, evidence tampering
Chemist who supervised evidence at a state crime lab in Florida is sentenced to 15 years in prison for stealing drugs and evidence tampering
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News
Forensic plan for the UK is ‘vague, incomplete’
MPs tell the government to go back to the drawing board on forensic strategy
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News
World doping body reinstates Rio lab
Drug lab will test athletes’ samples for the Olympics after questions about standards at the facility led to suspension
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News
Rio Olympic testing lab suspended by world doping body
Brazilian anti-doping lab failed to conform to international standards
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Podcast
Book Club – Sorting the beef from the bull
This month we discuss the ubiquitous nature of food fraud and its detection