Two Divers Lost in 1993 Found After 30 Years on the Seafloor, and Their Bodies Rewrote Forensic Timelines
A rare matched case of two divers recovered from the Mediterranean seabed after 30 years reveals how diving equipment and ...
Tag: forensic genetics
DNA Fingerprinting Gets a Local Upgrade: 24 STR Markers Profiled in India’s Santhal Community
A new study of 210 Santhal individuals in Bihar, India, shows that 24 autosomal STR markers deliver near-certain identification power ...
How Big Must a DNA Database Be? Massive Argentine Study Redefines Forensic Sampling Rules
A study of 8,237 Argentines genotyped at 22 autosomal STR loci shows that forensic parameters remain stable at modest sample ...
DNA to Face: Systematic Review Weighs How Well Genetics Predicts Appearance
A systematic review of 28 studies finds that DNA-based prediction of pigmentation traits now exceeds 90 percent accuracy, while reconstructing ...
Long and Short DNA Reads Join Forces to Sharpen Forensic Mitochondrial Profiling
A pedigree-based study of 177 individuals shows that nanopore long-read sequencing and Illumina short-read sequencing each excel at different forensic ...
AI Spots Sperm Cells Forensic Experts Miss in Sexual Assault Cases
A YOLOv10-based deep learning system called Spitz detected significantly more spermatozoa than manual microscopy and improved agreement among forensic examiners ...
Borneo’s Indigenous Men Yield New Genetic Map for Forensic Science
A new study of 257 men from four indigenous groups in Malaysian Borneo provides the first 27-locus Y-STR forensic reference ...
Old Hospital Samples Became DNA Lifelines in Israel’s Toughest Identification Effort
A new study shows that archived hospital specimens, from FFPE tissue blocks to cytology slides, can yield reliable ante-mortem DNA ...
Machine Learning Meets Forensic DNA: SNPs That Identify Relatives and Separate East Asian Populations
A moderate-density panel of about 2,000 SNPs combined with machine learning can identify family relationships out to third degree and ...
The Kinship Clock Is Ticking: New Framework Aims to Name the Dead of History’s Mass Graves
Forensic scientists have proposed a kinship-centred continuous identification framework designed to beat the shrinking genetic window that threatens the naming ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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