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- Linköping University Researchers Develop Digital Twin Technology to Disprove "Hip Flask" Defenses in Forensic Investigations
Published: Apr 29, 2026
Section: Research
Forensic scientists in Sweden have created a virtual modeling framework that predicts alcohol consumption patterns with unprecedented precision by accounting for individual biologi...
- Colorado Enacts Nation’s First Ban on Arrests Based Solely on Unreliable Field Drug Tests
Published: Apr 6, 2026
Section: US & Canada
Colorado has passed a pioneering law prohibiting law enforcement from making arrests based exclusively on colorimetric field drug tests, which experts claim produce false positives...
- Irrefutable DNA Evidence Links Notorious Serial Killer Ted Bundy to 1974 Murder of Utah Teenager Laura Ann Aime
Published: Apr 2, 2026
Section: Crime
The Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that advanced forensic testing has definitively linked Ted Bundy to the 1974 killing of 17 year old Laura Ann Aime. After 51 ye...
- Advanced DNA Testing Identifies Suspect in 1966 San Rafael Cold Case Murder Investigation
Published: Apr 1, 2026
Section: Crime
San Rafael police have linked Laurel James Switzer to the nearly sixty year old homicide of Marjorie Rudolph using modern forensic genome sequencing. Evidence from the 1966 crime s...
- New National Data Reveals One Million UK Adults Victims of Drink Spiking as Underreporting Crisis Persists
Published: Mar 19, 2026
Section: Research
A comprehensive study by Anglia Ruskin University and Drinkaware finds that approximately 2% of the UK adult population was targeted by drink spiking in the last year. Despite the...
- Wiley Launches 2026 Mass Spectra Database to Accelerate Identification of Seven Hundred New Synthetic Designer Drugs
Published: Mar 10, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
Wiley has announced the 2026 update of its essential GC-MS spectral database, adding over 700 new mass spectra to assist forensic laboratories in identifying illicit substances. Th...