Raychelle Burks

Raychelle Burks is assistant professor in chemistry at St Edward's University, Austin, US

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Opinion
A rice kind of fingerprint powder
2019-10-10T08:10:00
A new method for producing print powders goes against the grain
Opinion
Smoking out the truth about poisoned cigarettes
2019-08-08T09:30:00
It could be lights out when you light up…
Opinion
The deadly domino effect
2019-05-21T09:30:00
People trying to save victims of gas poisoning can suffer tragic consequences
Opinion
Near-death by chocolate
2019-02-14T09:30:00
The forensics that puts dodgy confectionary behind bars
Opinion
The Knickerbocker murders
2018-11-29T09:29:00
The poisonous presents that defined the US legal system
Opinion
Beating the scopolamine clock
2018-09-20T14:33:00
New techniques could increase the window to detect predatory drug poisoning
Opinion
A lunchtime killer?
2018-07-31T10:30:00
The deaths of 21 people are suspected to have been caused by workplace poisoning
Opinion
Death of a Renaissance Man
2018-06-03T10:00:00
Two unsolved deaths in Medici Florence may finally have a solution
Opinion
The clues that let you trace a single sheet of paper
2018-05-03T10:00:00
Forensic science has a new way to detect document fraud
Opinion
Antimony and clear danger
2018-03-22T09:00:00
The poisonous history of the element below arsenic
Opinion
The great Danish coke off
2018-01-12T10:00:00
Can forensics identify a drug kingpin’s cocaine signature?
Opinion
Last Christmas?
2017-12-15T09:00:00
It’s the most poisonous time of the year…
Opinion
The murderers who dress to kill
2017-10-19T10:09:00
Clothing that is literally to die for
Opinion
The great art forgery blunder
2017-08-10T15:06:00
Indian yellow is a pigment often used to spot fake art. But what if the reference standard was wrong?
Opinion
Can acid dissolve a body?
2017-06-16T13:03:00
Watch an experiment recreating how murderers tried to cover their tracks
Opinion
The strychnine exhumation
2017-04-22T07:46:00
William Taylor was dead and buried… but murder will out
Opinion
Murder without forensic evidence
2017-03-27T07:00:00
The 2012 hunt for Michelle Mockbee’s killer emphasised detective skill over fingerprints
Opinion
How Roosevelt's Tree Army were poisoned
2017-02-17T15:07:00
In the first of a new column, Raychelle Burks investigates a mass arsenic poisoning during the Great Depression
Podcast
Haloperidol
2016-05-04T00:00:00
It failed as a painkiller, but Haldol rapidly became an essential medicine for schizophrenia. Raychelle Burks explains more
Podcast
Haloperidol
2016-05-04T00:00:00
It failed as a painkiller, but Haldol rapidly became an essential medicine for schizophrenia. Raychelle Burks explains more