News tagged with dna evidence
Forensics firm builds on genomic discovery to advance DNA-based identification
Oct 13, 2009 |
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High-tech forensics firm, Casework Genetics is applying new technology to forensic evidence enabling law enforcement labs to solve crimes with greater molecular precision and efficiency than ever before.
'Hitler' skull belonged to woman: scientists
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 29, 2009 |
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A skull fragment thought to come from Adolf Hitler is in fact that of an unidentified woman, according to a US study that has resurrected questions about the Nazi leader's death.
Weeds that reinvented weediness
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Flowering plants are all around us and are phenomenally successful—but how did they get to be so successful and where did they come from? This question bothered Darwin and others and a paper published in the September issue ...
Israeli scientists find way to combat forged DNA
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Israeli scientists have developed new technology to fight biological identity theft after realising that DNA evidence found at crime scenes can be easily falsified.
Australia discovered by the 'Southern Route'
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Genetic research indicates that Australian Aborigines initially arrived via south Asia. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have found telltale mutations in modern-day Indian populations that a ...
DNA of ancient lost barley could help modern crops cope with water stress
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Warwick have recovered significant DNA information from a lost form of ancient barley that triumphed for over 3000 years seeing off: 5 changes in civilisation, ...
Witness for the prosecution? The effect of confessions on eyewitness testimony
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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What is it with false confession? It seems crazy on the face of it, to take the blame for a crime you didn't commit. Yet experts have found that while some innocent confessors are mentally disturbed attention seekers, or ...
