Forensic sciences
Multidimensional Raman Spectroscopic Signature of Sweat and its Potential Application to Forensic Body Fluid Identification
Mini-haplotypes as lineage informative SNPs and ancestry inference SNPs
Liquid Fuel Spill Fire Dynamics
Search prefilters for library matching of infrared spectra in the PDQ database using the autocorrelation transformation
Simulation of Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Absorbance Spectra: Applications to Automotive Clear Coat Forensic Analysis
Exploring the DNA mixture deconvolution through simulation
Cancer-Associated Mutations but No Cancer: Insights into the Early Steps of Carcinogenesis and Implications for Early Cancer Detection
Complete mitochondrial genome sequences for 265 African American and US "Hispanic'' individuals
Investigation of Heteroplasmy in the Human Mitochondrial DNA Control Region: A Synthesis of Observations from More Than 5000 Global Population Samples
A method to estimate the age of bloodstains using quantitative PCR
Model-free Estimation of Recent Genetic Relatedness
DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics: Recommendations on the validation of software programs performing biostatistical calculations for forensic genetics applications
Acoustic trapping of sperm cells from mock sexual assault samples
Real Time Electronic Feedback for Improved Acoustic Trapping of Micron-Scale Particles
Field Sobriety Tests and THC Levels Unreliable Indicators of Marijuana Intoxication
Researchers investigated how marijuana affects skills required for safe driving and found that biofluid levels of THC did not correlate with field sobriety test performance or marijuana intoxication, regardless of how the cannabis was ingested.
The Impact of NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development
Evaluation of an Emerging Automated Searching Technology to Improve the Efficiency and Reliability of Latent Print Comparisons
National Center on Forensics, Fiscal Year 2021
Fast and Portable Drug Testing: Dual-Method Prototype Shows Promise for Court-Admissible Drug Testing
Researchers integrate two independent, validated drug-testing techniques – mass spectrometry and Raman spectroscopy – onto a single platform prototype for fast and accurate analysis of seized substances.