A new forensic tool was instrumental in identifying a drowning victim whose remains had lain submerged for 94 years.
As the death toll mounts from the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, research is underway to utilise facial recognition technology to identify victims in future catastrophes.
A drug-monitoring program in hospital emergency departments is tracking the alarming rise of strange new psychoactive synthetic drugs in Australia.
A by-product of above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s is helping forensic scientists determine an unidentified person’s time-of-death.
“Stranger danger” now lurks less in the streets, and more in adult dating apps, gaming sites and consoles, and social media.
The need for physical autopsies may be reduced through a project in which digital 3D anatomical models can more accurately map bullet trajectories.
It’s confronting work, but research into paediatric skeletal trauma will leave the courts better-informed when ruling on child abuse cases.
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