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Health

'Sexome' microbes swapped during sex could aid forensic investigations

Forensic scientists investigating cases of sexual assault may be able to use the genital microbiome to identify the perpetrator, as researchers have found that this "sexome" is exchanged between partners during intercourse

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AI eye technology worn by Julie Hoeflinger, analysing a skull

Video

Can AI make crime scene investigations less biased?

Video

Apr 10, 2024 Researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking method capable of detecting drug substances from fingerprints lifted from crime scenes, which could provide fresh insights into unsolved cases. The technique is sheath-flow probe electrospray ionization. Supplied by Meg Cox M.A.Cox@lboro.ac.uk

Chemistry

Drug residue can be detected in fingerprints left at crime scenes

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Bullet shells on the ground as members of the FBI practice their investigation techniques

Chemistry

Missing bullets can be identified by ricochet residue at crime scenes

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fingerprint or thumbprint set isolated on white

Technology

AI can tell if prints from two different fingers belong to same person

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A group of hands

Chemistry

Men and women's hands can be distinguished just from their scent

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A woman with her daughter observes the pictures of people who lost their lives during the Guatemalan civil war, as forensic anthropologists from the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG) exhume the bodies of one of four mass graves in La Verbena cemetery, in Guatemla City on March 6, 2010, as part of a search to find the 889 people who disappeared during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996). AFP PHOTO/Johan ORDONEZ (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Comment

Still Life With Bones review: Harrowing account of exposing genocide

Culture

AI clears up images of fingerprints to help with identification

Technology

AI clears up images of fingerprints to help with identification

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trees

Humans

Trees and shrubs might reveal the location of decomposing bodies

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Forensic scientist and police officer

Technology

Simulating dead bodies could help calculate an accurate time of death

Forensic scientists currently use basic temperature measurements to determine time of death, but a 3D simulation of the entire body could give much more accurate estimates

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Technology

A fingerprint can show if someone has taken cocaine or just touched it

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Mind

Some people are exceptionally good at recognising voices

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Technology

Your DNA could transfer to a weapon you have never touched

Regulars

Don't Miss: A documentary festival and the nature of life and death

Culture

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