Forensic toxicology has evolved into an indispensable discipline for the detection and quantification of drugs, poisons, and their metabolites in biological matrices. Central to this evolution is the ...

This means there is a need to develop new analytical techniques to enrich forensic science subfields like toxicology, trace evidence, and chemistry. All of these fields work together to create a ...

To many, the word “forensics” brings to mind high-profile court cases – real or fictional – whose outcome hinged on the ingenious analysis of a rogue hair or shoeprint left at the scene of a homicide.

Volunteers are swimming in the sea to help science conserve some of the world's rarest fish. Scuba divers and snorkelers are among those helping to identify endangered species, such as giant ...

Damaged mobile phones are still filled with plenty of useful data, according to researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is part of the U.S. Department of ...

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Modern forensic techniques could solve the murders of a young mother and her two children who died 30 years ago, police believe. Diane Jones, 21, and her daughters Shauna, two, and Sarah-Jane, one, ...