forensics

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In this unit plan, students develop a mobile evidence collection system to collect forensic evidence from a crime scene in a reliable, repeatable way. They are...

Here are some interesting facts about forensics and DNA: New Zealand was the second country in the world to establish a databank of DNA profiles. Find...

Television dramas like CSI Bones and Criminal Minds – can create false expectations and impressions of forensic science, especially in the courtroom. Listen to this radio...

Professor Greg Hampikian has developed a DNA barcode system that permanently marks DNA samples, preventing them from being muddled with others. Professor Hampikian, who is chair...

In this activity, students work through a series of slides to learn about the collection and processing of DNA evidence and use DNA profiling to solve...

DNA is the most important component of chromosomes and is wound up very tightly within the nucleus of the cells of all living things. Every organism...

In an incident in 2008, a New South Wales pub was forced to apologise to an Australian family and reportedly paid a settlement of $50,000 after...

Forensic scientists collect or process trace evidence such as hair, skin, blood or semen samples that is found at crime scenes. Crime scene evidence can include...

In 1995, New Zealand became the second country in the world to collect and store DNA profiles in a databank. Since then, forensic scientists and Police...

DNA profiling is the process where a specific DNA pattern, called a profile, is obtained from a person or sample of bodily tissue Even though we...

Forensics is the application of science in a legal setting. An example of modern forensics evidence is the use of DNA profiling. Sources of DNA include...