Human hair is made up of proteins called keratins that are wound together into a durable structure. In an effort...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a notable contract to support countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), New...
The central premise of nuclear forensics is that differences in how and where radioactive materials are mined, processed, enriched and stored will leave tell-tale markers in...
Large quantities of the synthetic drug fentanyl flow into the country at ports of entry along the Southwest border, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. As this...
Science stinks. So thought Megan Harries as she measured drops of putrescine and cadaverine — the chemicals that give decomposing corpses their distinctive, terrible odor —...
In 1994, Chinese university student Zhu Ling began experiencing stomach pain, hair loss and partial paralysis. By the time doctors diagnosed Ling with thallium poisoning about...
The U.S. Army has announced intentions to award a contract to Forensic Assurance Inc. in support of Forensic Proficiency Exams for the U.S Army Criminal Investigation...
From particle separators to a ballistics lab, the Central Command Forensic Exploitation Laboratory (FXL-C), located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait seems to have everything a team would...
The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System – Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) at Dover Air Force Base passed their recent quality assessment inspection with flying...
The United Nations commission investigating possible war crimes in Syria issued a report on June 20, one which condemns the events but is allegedly far more...
The Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) team of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited one of the sites in Douma, Syria today to collect...
Successful prosecution of nuclear smuggling often hinges on technical nuclear forensic evidence and the ability of expert witnesses to convey the credibility of the scientific evidence...
The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking rapid acquisition of innovative solutions to solve pressing operational requirements in areas including counter-terrorism situational awareness, Improvised Explosive Devices...
Nuclear forensics involves determining where illicit or smuggled radioactive material came from. In the event of a nuclear weapon detonation, knowing where radioactive material came from...
Highly specialized analysis of residues can be a means of providing evidence to convict perpetrators of chemical attacks. Similar techniques can also help bring illicit drug...
