This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! DNA Testing of Skeleton May Prove Christopher Columbus Was Really Portugese (Forbes – […]
Keeping Time With a ‘Microbial Clock’
When a dead body is discovered, two of the most important questions are “When did this person die?” and “How did this person die?” Recent advances in microbiology and genomics coupled with the decreasing costs of DNA sequencing show that forensic investigators may one day have another tool in their arsenal – microbes. written […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! Houston’s Forensic Crime Lab Showing Efficiency Despite Its Plagued Past (Houston Public Media […]
Study Shows Delaying Handgun Purchases Reduces Fatalities
It’s no secret that the United States leads the way in gun-related deaths each year. In fact, guns cause more than 33,000 deaths each year. For reference, this is roughly the same number of people who die from car accidents in the United States, but in Japan dying from a gunshot carries the same odds […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! CSI Effect is a Myth: Forensic Detective Series Do Not Make Criminals […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! OCDA Rapid DNA Program Catches Serial Thief with Blood Left at Garden […]
15 Headlines Making News in Forensic Science During 2017
From the signing of the Rapid DNA Act and updates on the rape kit backlog to an increased push for familial searching and a deeper look at mixture analysis software, forensic science has been top of mind in the media during 2017. Let’s take a look back on some of the biggest headlines of the […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! New York City Moves to Create Accountability for Algorithms (Forensic Magazine – […]
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017
As 2017 winds down, let’s celebrate all that’s happened in the world of ISHI this year! We converged on Seattle, Washington for the 28th annual International Symposium on Human Identification where we discussed new technologies, probabilistic genotyping, massively parallel sequencing, and testifying as an expert witness. We also heard Michael Capuzzo present on the mysterious […]
