Wednesday 23rd July 2014

About Carlyle Collins

The Rock Online Science writer. Forensic Science student who loves playing cricket, reading, music and God. Favourite quote: 'Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.'- Thomas Edison

  1. ©Skoot13 via Wikipedia Commons

    Carcinogenesis and Food Additives

    Chemical carcinogenesis indicates the induction or enhancement of the formation of new, abnormal growth tissue. It includes epithelial malignancies and mesenchymal malignant tumours. The cells usually replicate and invade surrounding tissues and spread to remote parts of the body. How is it determined which substances cause carcinogenic responses in humans? Observations in humans, which are supported…

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  1. A student meticulously analyzing a fingerprint found at the crime scene © BU on Tour via Facebook (Not to be reproduced).

    Who Killed Rudolph?

    It’s not often you hear the words ‘murder’, ‘forensics’, ‘Rudolph’, and ‘fun’ used together, but this was a unique experience for three hundred students. ‘Twas the night before Christmas and poor Rudolph was dead. Was it a knife to the back? Or a blow to the head? Who committed this crime? Who should we fear?…

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  2. CSI: Myth Busted!

    Scene of Crime Officers (SOCOs), or Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs) as they are more commonly known, play an important role in the solving of crimes varying from burglary to murder.

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