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Chemistry World
May 21, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
New Technique to Finger Suspects Researchers have shown that it is possible to detect trace quantities of drug metabolites in fingerprints. The finding could allow forensic scientists not only to obtain information about a suspect's identity from the print, but also to elicit 'lifestyle intelligence' on the individual.   |
Chemistry World
October 26, 2012
Rachel Cooper |
Determining sex from a fingerprint Peptides naturally present in sweat are distinctive for one sex or the other. The ability to determine the sex of an individual from fingermarks left at crime scenes advances our current understanding of the limits of the forensic usefulness of fingermarks. |
Chemistry World
March 2012 |
Another brick in the whorl The scientists on the inside of advanced fingerprinting research are cross-examined by Simon Hadlington |
Chemistry World
January 11, 2012
Hayley Birch |
Drive towards detecting drugs at the roadside The UK government is setting up an advisory panel that will assess the feasibility of roadside testing for drug driving, similar to testing for drunk driving. |
Chemistry World
April 1, 2011
Hayley Birch |
Nanoparticles help reveal hidden fingerprints A technique using gold nanoparticles in combination with antibodies has shown promising results for enhancing fingerprints that are over a week old. |
Chemistry World
May 13, 2011
James Urquhart |
Synthetic cannabis drug test US researchers have developed a new urine test for detecting and quantifying some of the metabolites associated with synthetic cannabis. |
Chemistry World
March 20, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Super sensitive test hones in on performance enhancing drugs A new technique that increases the sensitivity of mass spectrometry could make it harder for athletes to cheat, by identifying minute traces of banned drug metabolites in urine that would otherwise go undetected. |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2012
Heather Montgomery |
Shining a light on fingerprint detection Scientists in China have discovered a method for visualizing latent fingerprints found at the scene of a crime, which they say is very simple, rapid, does not require professional forensic treatment and does not destroy the print. |
Chemistry World
May 17, 2012
Rebecca Brodie |
Enhancing Fingerprints with Electrochromism Scientists have developed a method to enhance latent fingerprints on metal surfaces using electrochromism, a process that causes a color change when a charge is applied. |
Chemistry World
November 9, 2006
Richard Van Noorden |
Feeling Ill? Just Breathe Here Scientists have developed a rapid method of analyzing breath to reveal our body's biochemical processes. The technique, which uses commercially available equipment, might be used in the clinic to diagnose a patient's health. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
Drug Testing 101 A look at how drug tests work. This article debunks some common drug testing rumors and discusses the legal meds that can raise alarm bells in the testing lab. |
Salon.com
July 26, 2000
Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson |
No fooling My girlfriend smoked a lot of pot recently and now has to take a drug test for her new job. Is there anything she can do to avoid being caught? |
Chemistry World
March 7, 2011
Russell Johnson |
Breathe out for personalised medicine A method to analyse drug levels in the body could allow people with epilepsy to avoid weeks of blood tests, claim scientists from Switzerland. |
Chemistry World
August 6, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Keeping lipstick evidence in the bag Michael Went, from the University of Kent in the UK, and colleagues have shown that vibrational fingerprints obtained by Raman spectroscopy can distinguish between different brands and types of lipstick. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 55
David Bradley |
Testing the Byproducts of Cell Death A new approach to testing whether a particular chemotherapy agent is working well in treating a patient's cancer is being developed by UK scientists |
Chemistry World
November 22, 2012
Elinor Hughes |
Fingerprints on demand An on-demand system to print artificial fingerprints has been developed by US scientists. The fingerprints could be used to ensure that detection equipment for explosives and narcotics, such as those used in airports and federal prisons, are working as expected. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2010
Sargur N. Srihari |
Beyond C.S.I.: The Rise of Computational Forensics Pattern recognition and other computational methods can reduce the bias inherent in traditional criminal forensics |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Lift-Off for Fingerprint Analysis UK researchers have demonstrated a new non-destructive method to collect and chemically interrogate fingerprints left at the scene of a crime. |
Chemistry World
May 14, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Fingertip sweat pore maps to catch criminals The technique uses a water-sensitive polymer to detect the unique pattern of sweat pores on fingertips and may one day help the police to identify fingerprints left on surfaces that are impossible to scrutinize with current techniques. |
Chemistry World
June 6, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Fingerprints Recovered From Wiped Metal Forensic scientists can now find fingerprints on metal surfaces that have been wiped clean. Scientists have developed a way of enhancing the patterns that fingerprint residues corrode in metal surfaces. |
Chemistry World
December 16, 2015
James Sudlow |
Cracking cocaine's secret to sneaking into the brain Up until now, it was though that cocaine had to be deprotonated to penetrate the blood -- brain barrier. A team uncovered that conformation and hydration were far more significant. |
Popular Mechanics
July 27, 2009
Brad Reagan |
The Truth About 4 Common Forensics Methods Room for doubt in deciphering the information in four important types of criminal evidence |
Reason
November 2007
Roger Koppl |
Breaking Up the Forensics Monopoly America's forensics system, the part of our criminal justice system responsible for scientific examinations of crime-scene evidence like fingerprints and DNA, is rife with errors. Here are eight ways to fix the broken system. |
Chemistry World
October 15, 2012
Melissae Fellet |
Synthesis by mass spectrometry Chemists have used mass spectrometry, commonly used to analyze molecules, to synthesize them on the microscale. |
Chemistry World
January 22, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Gel turns clear for cocaine detection Chinese researchers have developed an aptamer cross-linked hydrogel that changes from bright red or blue to colourless when exposed to tiny amounts of cocaine. |
Chemistry World
July 29, 2013
Daniel Johnson |
Mummified child given alcohol and cocaine before sacrifice Scientists have analyzed the hair of a 500 year old mummy, finding a spike in alcohol and cocaine just before she was killed in an Incan ritual. |
CIO
May 15, 2004
Paul Roberts |
Fed Fingerprint Database Spreads Across U.S. - Criminal Justice The wider use of fingerprint scanning technology in recent years has made it easier than ever for law enforcement officials to share information about criminals and quickly compare a suspect's fingerprint image with millions of similar imprints. |
