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A Sweet Step Toward New Cancer Therapies (March 31, 2007) -- By recognizing sugars, a technique developed by University of Michigan analytical chemist Kristina Hakansson sets the stage for new cancer diagnosis and treatment ... > full story

Hidden Fingerprints Revealed (March 16, 2007) -- Hidden fingerprints can be now be revealed quickly and reliably thanks to two developments in ... > full story

New Step Taken Towards A Machine Capable Of Face Recognition (February 20, 2007) -- A recent study shows that facial recognition through machine vision is technically possible. This raises interesting prospects for future machine vision ... > full story

Finding Survivors, Protecting Drivers: Novel Chips For 'Biometric Radar' And Automobile Accident Avoidance Systems (February 13, 2007) -- University of Southern California engineers will present efficient new wireless chip designs, optimized for radar applications, that can be produced cheaply from ordinary silicon, with broad ... > full story

Right Counter Height Can Improve Fingerprint Capture (January 22, 2007) -- Once a tool primarily used by law enforcement, biometric technologies such as fingerprint readers increasingly are being used by governments and private industry for a personal ID that can't easily ... > full story

Dead Giveaway: Odors Released From Corpses Leave Chemical Fingerprint (January 21, 2007) -- A tiny microbe may hold the key to simpler, lower-cost production of ethanol from biomass sources such as trees, grasses and cornstalks. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are studying a ... > full story

Fingerprint Technology Pioneered In Leicester -- To Identify The Dead (November 29, 2006) -- Technology developed for roadside fingerprints using hand-held devices -- announced in the media this month -- has also been pioneered in identifying the dead, it has been ... > full story

Fingerprinting Hackers: Technique Demonstrates Wireless Device Driver Vulnerabilities (September 13, 2006) -- The next time you're sipping a latte and surfing the Net at your favorite neighborhood wireless café, someone just a few seats away could be breaking into your laptop and causing irreparable damage ... > full story

New Sensor Technology Detects Chemical, Biological, Nuclear And Explosive Materials (May 23, 2006) -- Engineers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, using an emerging sensing technology, have developed a suite of sensors for national security applications that can quickly and ... > full story

Using 'Minutiae' To Match Fingerprints Can Be Accurate (May 1, 2006) -- A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that computerized systems that match fingerprints using interoperable minutiae templates -- mathematical representations of ... > full story

Binghamton University Research Links Digital Images And Cameras (April 18, 2006) -- Child pornographers will soon have a harder time escaping prosecution thanks to a stunning new technology in development at Binghamton University, State University of New York, that can reliably link ... > full story

Pressable Photonic Crystals Produce Full-colour Fingerprints And Promise Enhanced Security (March 15, 2006) -- In the future, law enforcement officials may take full-colour fingerprints using new technology developed by a University of Toronto-led team of international ... > full story

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Forensic DNA Typing, Second Edition : Biology, Technology, and Genetics of STR Markers
Since the enormously successful first edition of Forensic DNA Typing was published, the Human Genome Project has published a draft sequence of the human genome and completed the finished reference ... > read more

Forensic Facial Reconstruction
This book's major contributions include a detailed description of the Manchester method of facial reconstruction, using all the available published data on tissue depths and variation with age, sex, ... > read more

Forensic Pathology, First Edition : Principles and Practice
Forensic Pathology: Principles and Practice is an extensively illustrated reference book that contains more than 1800 color photographs accompanied by well-considered text that thoroughly explains ... > read more

Technology In Action- Introductory (2nd Edition)
This book was designed to spark reader interest by covering practical concepts that they want to learn (such as setting up a wireless network in their home) while giving background information (such ... > read more

Aphids on the World's Crops: An Identification and Information Guide, 2nd Edition
Fully revised and updated, this new edition of 'Aphid's on the World's Crops' is the only publication to provide non-specialist workers wherever they are in the world, with an identification guide ... > read more

The Argumentative Indian : Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity
A Nobel Laureate offers a dazzling new book about his native countryIndia is a country with many distinct traditions, widely divergent customs, vastly different convictions, and a veritable feast of ... > read more

CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Third Edition (All-in-One)
The Third Edition of this proven All-in-One exam guide provides total coverage of the CISSP certification exam, which has again been voted one of the Top 10 IT certifications in 2005 by CertCities. ... > read more

I Hate You, Don't Leave Me : Understanding the Borderline Personality
"AM I LOSING MY MIND?"People with Borderline Personality Disorderexperience such violent and frightening mood swingsthat they often fear for their sanity. They can beeuphoric one moment, despairing ... > read more

The Reef Aquarium: A Comprehensive Guide to the Identification and Care of Tropical Marine Invertebrates (Volume 1)
This book is the "bible" on the subject of Reef Aquarium keeping, covering the biology of coral reefs and relating it to the biological, chemical, and physical parameters considered when creating a ... > read more

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most
We've all been there: We know we must confront a coworker, store clerk, or friend about some especially sticky situation--and we know the encounter will be uncomfortable. So we repeatedly mull it ... > read more