This means there is a need to develop new analytical techniques to enrich forensic science subfields like toxicology, trace evidence, and chemistry. All of these fields work together to create a ...

The Saint Louis University Forensic Science program offers courses with hands-on learning opportunities. FRSC 2600 - Survey of Forensic Science 3 credits Students learn scientific methodology, its ...

Forensic Science Week highlights the crucial role of forensic experts and law enforcement in solving cold cases in Siskiyou ...

As part of “From Sample to Verdict,” LCGC International sat down with Ed Sisco and Sarah Shuda, Research Chemists at NIST, to discuss the work that their groups are conducting that are helping to ...

Polar bears are icons of the Arctic, elusive and vulnerable. Detailed monitoring of their populations is crucial for their conservation—but because polar bears are so difficult to find, we are missing ...

Researchers believe they have found new molecular fossils of archaea using a method of analysis commonly used in forensic science. Researchers in Japan and China believe they have found new molecular ...

It is time to reassess the science behind forensic-science techniques, according to Donald Kennedy, a professor of environmental studies at and president emeritus of Stanford University, and Richard A ...

Many of the "forensic science" methods commonly used in criminal cases and portrayed in popular television crime dramas have never been scientifically validated and may lead to unjust verdicts, ...

The Ghana Academy of Forensic Sciences (GAFS) has been launched in Accra to advance the country’s forensic science for justice, ...

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