DNA 'identichip' gives a detailed picture of a suspect

Imagine you are trying to solve a burglary, and your sole lead is a cigarette butt. It has enough DNA on it to check against the national DNA database, but this throws up no matches. Running the DNA...

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Breath test could identify trapped survivors in disaster zones

A team of atmospheric chemists has published a study suggesting we hunt down trapped survivors in disaster zones by testing for chemicals found on the human breath. The researchers, led by Wolfgang...

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Italians join Venezuela's search for missing plane

Italy has sent experts to help Venezuelan authorities search for a plane that disappeared carrying the CEO of Italian fashion firm Missoni. More than 400 people in boats, planes and helicopters were...

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At least 93 lives lost in Quetta explosions

As many as 81 people were killed and 121 injured in suicide and car bomb blasts in Quetta’s Alamdar Road area on Thursday night. Earlier in the afternoon, 12 people lost their lives when a bomb went...

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Minibus and Macorpolo bus in head on collision on Kapiri-Ndola road, 9 people dead

Nine people including a six month old baby have died in a road traffic accident along the Kapiri Mposhi-Ndola highway. The accident which occurred around 15:30 hours yesterday at Kashitu area about...

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Philippines hotel fire kills six, including four foreigners

Seven people including four foreigners, died on Friday morning when a two-star mini hotel was razed by fire near a former naval base of the US that has been converted by the Philippine government into...

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36 killed and 'dozens' trapped in Chinese landslide

State-controlled channel CCTV said 16 homes in the Gaopo village in Zhenxiong county were engulfed by falling earth at around 8.20am on Friday morning. By Friday afternoon local time, rescue-workers...

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Latehar massacre: Maoists hid bombs inside bodies

Maoists once again displayed their propensity towards brutal violence when they cut open the body of a slain trooper on Tuesday and implanted an improvised explosive device (IED) to booby-trap the...

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