A team of researchers have demonstrated how moss can act as a forensic ‘fingerprint’ when confirming details about a crime ...
Plants are being used to help solve crimes. The pollen and seed s they can leave behind can often become key pieces of evidence. But, how does this all work? While plants aren’t able to testify in ...
Moss is ancient. It evolved some 470 million years ago, long before the first dinosaur hatched. It is so rudimentary that it lacks both flowers and roots, yet it is an expert at survival. Now, that ...
Forensic botany has traditionally focused on flowering plants and pollen, while bryophytes have received little systematic attention despite their ubiquity, persistence, and distinctive morphological ...
In an article published in the International Journal of Legal Medicine, faculty and students from the Department of Forensic Science report that they developed a test to individualize samples of ...
Dedication -- Foreword / Bruce Budowle -- Acknowledgements -- The editor -- Contributors -- Chap. 1. Introduction to forensic botany / Heather Miller Coyle -- Chap. 2. Basic plant biology / Heather ...
The Centre for Forensic Research (CFR) creates and maintains an interdisciplinary and international hub dedicated to advancing and achieving excellence in research, training, and service that support ...