Microscopic algae, such as diatoms, can be picked up from virtually anywhere there is water – including seas, soils and even moist surfaces such as exposed rocks. While diatoms traditionally have been ...

For James Jabbour, who has worked in law enforcement for 24 years, investigating sexual assaults, murders and robberies is all in a day's work. And when the police inspector teaches his Ex College ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been an important tool for forensic science since the 1970s, and it continues to find forensic applications today. The technique – capable of 100,000x ...

The Saint Louis University Forensic Science program offers courses with hands-on learning opportunities. FRSC 2600 - Survey of Forensic Science 3 credits Students learn scientific methodology, its ...

From left, Rhyan Carnes shows a slide to Layne Gano, both 16-years-old, using the new microscopes. Phillips 66 donated $10,000 to OCTECHS to purchase 16 microscopes and a rolling microscope storage ...

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On a cold, dark and rainy Thursday afternoon, two high schoolers - 16-year-old Ozzy Paulus and 17-year-old Jacob Nation - walked on a path behind the Harrison Bay Future Ready Center. There, they were ...

On TV, once a forensic expert finds a match for that lone strand of hair at the crime scene, it’s over. Finito. The criminal ends up behind bars. And maybe the attorneys exchange some witty banter. If ...