Study highlights need to replace ‘ancestry’ in forensics with something more accurate
Credit: Marc Hall, NC State University A new study finds forensics researchers use terms related to ancestry and race in ...
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Study model explores impact of police action on population health
Credit: University of Washington A specific police action, an arrest or a shooting, has an immediate and direct effect on ...
Cincinnati children’s awarded grant to develop AI system for preventing school violence
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have been awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the ...
Most Californians unaware of law to prevent gun violence but would support using it
Gun violence restraining orders offer judicial pathway for removal of firearms from people at risk of causing harmCredit: UC Regents ...
Solving a double murder arouses international interest
Getting the conclusive lead with investigative genetic genealogy - A successful case study of a 16 year old double murder ...
Ventilation in buildings: where water sanitation was in the 1800s
Credit: Jude Palmer/Royal Academy of Engineering A group of the world's leading experts in the transmission of airborne pathogens is ...
It is time to create contracts all users can understand
New research presents a novel four-step user-centered contract design processCredit: Kevin Finnegan Contracts today are complex and not user-friendly. The ...
An uncrackable combination of invisible ink and artificial intelligence
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c01179 Coded messages in invisible ink sound like something only ...
Illuminating invisible bloody fingerprints with a fluorescent polymer
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00710 Careful criminals usually clean a scene, wiping away visible ...
Forensics puzzle cracked via fluid mechanical principles
How can clothing of a close-range shooter remain free of bloodstains?Credit: Gen Li, Nathaniel Sliefert, James B. Michael, and Alexander ...
Reversal of blood droplet flight predicted, captured in experiments
The impact of gun muzzle gases on blood backspatter captured, implications for forensic analysis of bloodstain patternsCredit: Gen Li, Nathaniel ...
Scientists put the stopwatch on cannabis intoxication
How long are you impaired after cannabis use? New analysis defines durations of impairment after inhaled or oral THC dosesCredit: ...
Using conservation criminology to understand restaurant’s role in urban wild meat trade
Restaurants in Central African urban areas are key drivers in keeping protected wildlife on the menuCredit: WCS KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ...
Expanding understanding of the relationship between criminal insanity and psychosis
How and why does psychosis play a role when defining someone as criminally insane and lacking capacity for responsible action? ...