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Glowing gunshot residue: New method illuminates crime scene clues

Crime scene investigation may soon become significantly more accurate and efficient thanks to a new method for detecting gunshot residues. Researchers from the groups of Wim Noorduin (AMOLF/University ...
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Researchers introduce a brand-new method to detect gunshot residue at the crime scene

Photoluminescent lead detection in gunshot residue. (A) Shooting firearms produces gunshot residue that typically contains lead particulates. (B) Methyl ammonium bromide in the reagent reacts with ...
Purdue University

CBF Forensics launches VR crime scene training programs and THC quantification system

CBF Forensics, a northwest Indiana forensic and education startup, has launched two new products: virtual reality (VR) programming for forensic crime scene training and a system to quantify the amount ...
Colorado Public Radio

Burning buildings, pig cadavers and a chance to solve a ‘crime’ — Warren Tech’s Fire Day gives students a unique way to learn

Inside three burned structures were equally burned pig cadavers. And a crime to be solved. Students at Warren Tech in Lakewood, wearing firefighting gear, first assessed the damage before clearing the ...
Science Daily

Researchers introduce a brand-new method to detect gunshot residue at the crime scene

Crime scene investigation may soon become significantly more accurate and efficient thanks to a new method for detecting gunshot residues. Researchers have developed the technique that converts lead ...