Archive for the ‘Forensics’ Category

Times Square Bomber Leaves Wealth of Forensic Evidence

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Investigators found a an extensive amount of forensic evidence as they reviewed the Times Square SUV and bomb material.The New York Times reports on the failed bomb:

Among the enduring images left by car bombings, overseas or in the United States, is investigators on their hands and knees, crawling .Read more...

Book Review: The Poisoner’s Handbook

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Deborah Blum’s newest book chronicles the history of forensic medicine and two of the early pioneers. The New York Times book review weighs in:

“The Poisoner’s Handbook” is structured like a collection of linked short stories. Each chapter centers on a mysterious death by poison that Norris and Gett­ler .Read more...

Nucleic Acid Edition: DNA Evidence in the News

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Two big stories in the news related to DNA and forensic work.

First, the New York Times is reporting that the FBI DNA lab is housing an ever-growing database of DNA samples:

The computers contain the National DNA Index System, a database of 6.7 million genetic profiles, the world’s largest repository of .Read more...