Forensics
New Thinking
Kiwi gets prestigious Australia and NZ forensics award
Kiwi receives prestigious Australia and NZ forensics award
Faster DNA analysis to deter criminals
Illicit drug tests
ESR tests on new illicit drugs reveals dangerous cocktails
CSI - ESR
ESR provides independent impartial forensic science expertise to support the New Zealand justice system, but is it like CSI?
Alcohol number one date rape drug
A six-year study by ESR toxicologists found that alcohol is the number one drug associated with drug facilitated sexual assaults.
'Time out' key to forensic progress
NZ prepares for faster action against global disease
New Science
Making the invisible visible
A dramatic DNA advance, using new techniques partly developed by ESR, has the potential to solve crimes when there is no apparent evidence.
Could your DNA lead to disease?
How far can scientists dip into your genetic makeup to identify the risk of diabetes, heart disease, mental illness and other complex diseases? “Further than ever,” says ESR. The Crown Research Institute is using latest technology to work out exactly what DNA can forecast and explain – and the results are much more than microscopic.
Just how much is in your genes?
DNA profiling - another NZ leap into the microscopic
NZ team develops enzyme to test DNA at crime scene
By using the enzyme forensicGEM TM, DNA could soon be extracted from crime scene samples – and tested on the spot. Crown Research Institute ESR is collaborating with ZyGEM in the development of the enzyme.
New Value
Software takes jury to crime scene
Jurors will now be able to take a virtual walk through a murder scene, with the creation of interactive software by Kiwi scientists.
The technology had its debut at the High Court trial in February for the man accused of killing Rotorua's Ruakawa Newton. It was the first time the "virtual tour" software had been used to support
(Photo) ESR forensic scientists collect photographic evidence for the new software, which will help juries visualise crime scenes.
ESR ready for additional DNA work
Caught on very fast camera - Blood pattern analysis
Taking digital photographs at a millionth of a second, Environmental Science and Research forensic scientist Michael Taylor has created unprecedented images of the way blood moves when struck.
Collaboration on forensic kits
DNA solves more burglaries
Scientists hot on felons' DNA trail
Detecting drugs through hair analysis
Forensic Science tracks killer
Shoeprint Database Helps Crime Investigation
“A burglar's 'lucky shoes' may no longer be so lucky, thanks to a new National Shoeprint Database being piloted by ESR and the New Zealand Police. The project will provide a new tool to help link suspects with crime scenes.
