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rssChemistry researchers at University of Leicester announce simple but effective way of lifting prints
07-14-2009
'Bullet fingerprinting' technology developed at the University of Leicester in collaboration with Northamptonshire Police is now being advanced in new ways. Dr John Bond, from Northamptonshire Police Scientific Support Unit and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester's ...
Research may ultimately track the uptake of drugs by the body's cells
07-02-2009
Researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester have developed a new synthesis method, which has led them to the discovery of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles and may ultimately help track the uptake of drugs by the body's cells. Dr Klaus von Haeften ...
Pioneering research into ionic liquids at University of Leicester
06-09-2009
A new facility that will revolutionise the industrial processes of electropolishing, metal oxide processing and electroplating - the pioneering Ionics Liquid Demonstrator - has been launched at the University of Leicester. The development of this multi-application pilot plant facility has ...
09-17-2008
The inventor of a revolutionary new forensic fingerprinting technique claims criminals who eat processed foods are more likely to be discovered by police through their fingerprint sweat corroding metal. Dr John Bond, a researcher at the University of Leicester and scientific support officer ...
Technique developed by University of Leicester and Northamptonshire police
08-29-2008
A double murder investigation that has remained unsolved for almost a decade could be provided new impetus following a forensic breakthrough at the University of Leicester. A detective from America is visiting forensic scientists at the University of Leicester and Northamptonshire Police in a ...
10-26-2007
Inhaled depleted uranium (DU) oxide aerosols are recognised as a distinct human health hazard and DU has been suggested to be responsible in part for illness in both military and civilian populations that may have been exposed. University of Leicester geologist, Professor Randall R Parrish ...
