How Blood Dries on a Shoe Sole: Forensic Footprints Fade Before the Evidence Does
A forensic pilot study tracking blood transfer across ten footsteps shows that shoe impressions can lose their identifying tread pattern ...
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Teeth Without Pulp Can Still Reveal a Person’s Age Through DNA Methylation
Chinese researchers show that DNA methylation patterns in pulp-free teeth can estimate a person's age with a mean error of ...
The Spleen’s Silent Signal: Forensic Scientists Validate a Long-Suspected Sign of Death by Cold
A prospective Czech autopsy study of 54 hypothermia deaths and 170 controls has statistically validated reactive splenic contraction as a ...
When Cold Becomes a Weapon: The Overlooked Link Between Hypothermia and Child Abuse
A new review in the International Journal of Legal Medicine reveals that hypothermia and cold injuries, though rarely reported, are ...
Shoulder Scans Without Radiation: MRI of the Humerus Emerges as a New Tool for Forensic Age Estimation
A French study of 346 shoulder MRI scans shows that staging ossification of the proximal humerus with T1-weighted MRI offers ...
Cascaded AI Distinguishes Acceleration From Deceleration Brain Injuries on CT Scans
A cascaded deep learning system combining DeepLabv3+ segmentation with ResNet18 classification can distinguish acceleration from deceleration craniocerebral injuries on CT ...
AI Reads Old Rib Fractures on CT Scans With Day-Level Precision
Researchers in Shanghai have developed a multi-task deep learning model that estimates the age of rib fractures on chest CT ...
Atomic Force Microscopy Steps Into the Morgue: Nanoscale Clues From the Dead
A new review finds that only five studies have applied atomic force microscopy to human post-mortem samples, yet the technique's ...
Death by Blood Pressure Pill? Forensic Study Maps When Amlodipine Turns Lethal
A retrospective French autopsy study of 33 cases establishes postmortem amlodipine concentration thresholds and shows that redistribution after death can ...
Fitness-to-Drive Tests May Fail Drivers from Different Cultures and Languages
A legal medicine correspondence argues that medical fitness-to-drive assessments rely on biomarkers and screening tools whose validity can be undermined ...
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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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