Tag Archives: forensic science

Dino-sized poop

By Sid Perkins / January 31, 2013

Ewww: Scientists use poop from living animals to estimate the size of dung dropped by T. rex and other dinos

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged Argentinosaurus, Arizona; Karen Chin, Boulder; James Farlow, coprolite, dinosaur, dung, feces, forensic science, getinvolved, Indiana University, Mountain Sky Middle School, paleontology, Purdue University, sauropod; Karl Flessa, scat, T. rex, teacher, topstories, Tyrannosaurus rex, University of Arizona; Amber Struthers, University of Colorado

Crime-solving camera

By Stephen Ornes / August 31, 2012

A digital camera fitted with the right filters, like the one shown here, can detect only infrared light. The crime-fighting trick can reveal bloodstains hidden behind layers of paint. Credit: bmcent1/iStockphoto

Quick-change trick allows a digital camera to photograph blood concealed by paint

Posted in Light & Radiation | Tagged blood, blood detection, camera, crime, detectives, filter, filters, forensic science, forensics, getinvolved, Glenn Porter, infrared, lens, Lenses, lenses/mirrors/filters, light, paint, photography, physics, radiation, University of Western Sydney, wavelength

Can’t touch this: Unusual venomous creatures

By Sharon Pochron / March 11, 2012

Scientists study a cast of creatures to learn how to use toxins to treat pain and disease

Posted in Animals | Tagged batrachotoxin, feature, forensic science, toxicology, toxicology/drugs, toxin, venom

Like poison for phosphorus

By Stephen Ornes / December 13, 2010

Scientists report finding bacterium that can live off arsenic

Posted in Chemistry | Tagged Adaptation, arsenic, bacteria, bacterium, Chemosynthesis, energetics, extreme environments, forensic science, microbe, organic chemistry, organic molecules, phosphorus, toxicology, toxicology/drugs

The tell-tale bacteria

By Stephen Ornes / April 7, 2010

What germs populate the hands may be as unique as fingerprints.

Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae | Tagged bacterium, forensic science

Caterpillars tattletale to police

By Tia Ghose / December 10, 2008

Clothes moth larvae snack on hair from corpses, providing police with genetic clues

Posted in Animals | Tagged DNA, fiber, forensic science, hair

Animal CSI or from science lab to crime lab

By Emily Sohn / March 26, 2008

Scientists are finding new ways to help stop poachers from hunting endangered animals.

Posted in Animals | Tagged forensic science, Forensic wildlife

Hair detectives

By Emily Sohn / March 5, 2008

Scientists have found a way to figure out where a person is from and where he or she has been, just by looking at samples of the person’s hair.

Posted in Chemistry | Tagged forensic science, hair, keratin

The Buzz about Caffeine

By Emily Sohn / September 9, 2007

Is caffeine bad or good for you? The answer is: a little of both.

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged brain chemistry, caffeine, Drug, forensic science, nervous, nervous system, organic chemistry, organic compound, stimulant, toxicology, toxicology/drugs

Fingerprint Evidence

By Emily Sohn / April 25, 2006

Identifying fingerprints may have a role not just in solving crimes but also in everyday life.

Posted in Technology & Engineering | Tagged epidermis, fingerprints, forensic science

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