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Superhydrophobic Surface Modification of Polymer Microneedles Enables Fabrication of Multimodal Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Substrates for Synthetic Drug Detection in Blood Plasma

Journal

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Date Published

September 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Effects of Cranial Orientation on Forensic Frontal Sinus Identification as Assessed by Outline Analyses

Journal

Biology

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Rheology of brain tissue and hydrogels: A novel hyperelastic and viscoelastic model for forensic applications

Journal

Physics of Fluids

Date Published

October 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Penetrating gunshots to the head after close-range shooting: Dynamics of waves and the effect of brain tissue rheology

Journal

Physics of Fluids

Date Published

October 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Body mass classification from skeletal elements using landmark-free morphological atlas estimation with diffeomorphic shape mapping

Date Published

April 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Presentation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Testing metrics for password creation policies by attacking large sets of revealed passwords

Date Published

2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Incorporating accountability into internet email

Date Published

2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Password Cracking Using Probabilistic Context-Free Grammars

Date Published

2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A genetic study of the development of Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae): Ecological, evolutionary, and forensic importance of the secondary screwworm

Date Published

2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

2024 NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Event Dates

February 20, 2024

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

A Landscape Study of Computed Tomography Scanners for Postmortem Applications

Date Published

December 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Ontogenetic Patterns in Frontal Sinus Shape: A Longitudinal Study Using Elliptical Fourier Analysis

Journal

Journal of Anatomy

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Perinatal Disorders and Small Birthweight Are Significantly Associated With Small Vertebral Neural Canal Size in a Contemporary Pediatric Autopsy Sample

Journal

Spine

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Microbial Ecology of Vertebrate Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Journal

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of Missing Data Imputation Methods for Human Osteometric Measurements

Journal

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Distinguishing Infested Flour from Uninfested Flour through Chemometric Processing of DART-HRMS Data─Revealing the Presence of Tribolium castaneum, the Red Flour Beetle

Journal

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Date Published

May 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A case study for local data surveillance in opioid overdose fatalities in Cuyahoga County, OH 2016-2020

Journal

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Date Published

September 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Simplified COI barcoding of blow, flesh, and scuttle flies encountered in medicolegal investigations

Journal

Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Error and bias in race and ethnicity descriptions in medical examiner records in New Mexico: Consequences for understanding mortality among Hispanic/Latinos

Journal

Forensic Science International: Synergy

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

Date Published

November 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

Date Published

November 15, 2023

NIJ-supported researchers developed a free web tool to help forensic investigators and others interested in bone identification.

Improving Methods Using Machine Learning and Databases in Forensic Anthropology

Event Dates

December 5, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

2023 NIJ Forensic Science R&D Webinar Series

NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research

On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.

Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023

Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...

Comparative Analysis of Two Different Sets of Y-Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats (Y-STRs) on a Common Population Panel

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

December 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

New Synthetic Opioid Protonitazene Increasing in Prevalence as "Nitazenes" Gain Traction Across the United States and Canada

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)