Chromatography testing and mass spectrometry are two analytical techniques widely used in scientific research, pharmaceuticals, food safety, environmental analysis, and forensic investigations. These ...

In her doctoral thesis completed at the Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention VERIFIN, University of Helsinki, Solja Säde developed methods of chemical forensics. "The ...

German company MVZ Medizinische Labore Dessau Kassel GmbH (MVZ) has positioned itself as an industry leader in the development of rapid, sensitive means of testing for drugs of abuse using capillary ...

INSIDE THE HEAVILY GUARDED Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Va., sits the Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory. Each year, this facility processes thousands of pieces of forensic evidence in an ...

For the past decade, considerable discussion has been made on the extent to which cognitive bias can impact how decisions are made in forensics. Although cognitive bias can arise naturally for a ...

The drug overdose epidemic claimed over 70,000 lives in 2017 in the United States (U.S.) alone, up by around 10 % on the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease ...

Chemicals become weapons when used deliberately to inflict harm on individuals or groups of people. Chemical forensics makes it possible to get on the perpetrator’s trail even with a small sample. In ...