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Forensics: Remembering Dr. Edward Blake, Pioneer Scientist Who Rewrote Boundaries of Justice – Innocence Project
A tribute to the pioneer whose science reshaped the courts and restored freedom to the wrongly convicted. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/remembering-dr-edward-blake-pioneer-scientist-who-rewrote-boundaries-of-justice/
Forensics: Scientists achieve forensics’ “Holy Grail” by recovering fingerprints from fired bullets | ScienceDaily
This title is a bit over the top. Broader validation testing yet to be done. Researchers at Maynooth University have achieved a forensic milestone by revealing fingerprints on fired bullet casings using a safe electrochemical process. The method uses mild … Continue reading
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Forensics: Remains of three bodies returned from Gaza do not belong to hostages, forensic tests
Forensic tests ruled that the three bodies transferred from Gaza by the Red Cross do not belong to Israeli hostages; an Israeli official said Hamas still violates its duty to return the bodies of fallen captives — Read on http://www.ynetnews.com/article/skmkre7ywe
Posted in AAFS, Civil rights, DNA profiling, Forensic Science, missing persons
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Forensics: Study of the microbiome of saliva and thanotology for ID and time of death. Good review.
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Forensics: Uncertainty Surrounds Identities of Over 100 Palestinian Bodies Returned by Israel
Forensic experts in Gaza are working to identify more than 100 bodies returned by Israel under a recent ceasefire deal. Many of the remains were numbered, bound, or blindfolded, raising questions about how the individuals died and whether some were … Continue reading
Forensics: The sensitive forensic teams identifying bodies of Hamas’s hostages
At the Abu Kabir institute in Jaffa, doctors are using their expertise to verify the dead and return them to their Israeli families waiting to mourn — Read on http://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war/article/hamas-hostages-bodies-return-forensic-teams-80dbf7sr6
Forensics: Cranfield University to close forensics department in the UK. International students not enrolling.
One student studying forensic investigation says it is no longer the course she signed up for. — Read on http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g71pj8en9o
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Forensics: test recovers fingerprints from fired ammunition casings despite intense heat
A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists. — Read on phys.org/news/2025-09-forensic-recovers-fingerprints-ammunition-casings.html
Forensics: Horrific killings of 4 female teenagers. What to know about the new suspect identified in Texas’ infamous yogurt shop killings
Austin police have identified a new suspect in the 1991 yogurt shop murders of four teenage girls — Read on abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/new-suspect-identified-texas-infamous-yogurt-shop-killings-126002530
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Forensics: Gene therapy slows disease. Huntington’s disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC. — Read on http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevz13xkxpro
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