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A database of ink profiles is being put together at the Midwest Forensics Resource Center at Iowa State University which will allow scientists to combine mass spectrometry with a new sampling technique called Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART). This new process will help identify the chemical makeup of ink much more quickly and in much more detail than was previously possible and should prove to be of invaluable assistance to forensic scientists attempting to identify inks on fraudulent documents.

Ludwig van Beethoven, one the greatest composers in the history of music died on March 26, 1827, aged just 56. According to forensic scientist Christian Reiter, Beethoven's untimely demise was a result of lead poisoning accidentally administered by his own doctor.

The fascinating range of investigations to which forensic science can be applied never ceases to amaze me. This was recently confirmed when I read that the Mercer Tool Museum in Pennsylvania (or should that be Transylvania!) had approached scientists to find out if their vampire hunter's kit was a fake.

Came across a very interesting article on the science of arson and fire investigation. The article highlights the fact that new methods of analysis and computer simulation are transforming arson investigators' understanding of how fires start and spread.

Forensic scientists have devised a remarkable technique that appears to be able to link digital photographs to the camera that took the picture.

Anybody interested in crime scene investigation should take a look at Brian Stampfl's blog CSI Seattle. The author is currently enrolled on a 10 week course at the National Forensic Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee and he is using his blog to document the forensic science and crime scene investigation procedures being showcased, taught and studied.

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100 years of fingerprinting is being marked by an exhibition at the place where the first criminal in the UK was convicted on the strength of fingerprint evidence alone.

Geoforensics (the application of rock, dirt or soil analysis within a criminal investigation) an be traced back to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

CSI: The Experience is an interactive exhibit based on the very popular TV show. According to the exhibit mission statement, CSI: The Experience, immerses guests in hands-on science while leading them through the challenge of solving a crime mystery.

Researchers from the Computer Science Department at The University of Warwick (UK) have developed a technologically advanced fingerprint recognition system which is capable of identifying partial, distorted, scratched and smudged fingerprints in a matter of seconds.