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Postmortem CT Scans Supplement and Replace Full Autopsies

Forensic Science Research and Development Technology Working Group: Operational Requirements

Highlighting Significant NIJ Forensic Science Investments: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Site Visit

The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us

OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset

Algorithm Quantifies What Experts See When They Examine Skeletons

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August 16, 2021

Researchers created an open-access computer program for estimating the age of skeletal remains that outperforms current methods. The algorithm is based on 20 age-related skeletal changes identified by experienced forensic anthropologists.

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Postmortem CT Scans Supplement and Replace Full Autopsies

Forensic Science Research and Development Technology Working Group: Operational Requirements

Highlighting Significant NIJ Forensic Science Investments: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Site Visit

The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us

OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset

Algorithm Quantifies What Experts See When They Examine Skeletons

Faces in Clay

Lost but Not Forgotten: Finding the Nation’s Missing

Applying Carbon-14 Dating to Recent Human Remains

Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains: The Nation’s Silent Mass Disaster

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