Researchers have developed a tool that reads and provides an image of a fingerprint's chemical signature.
The technology can be used to determine what kind of material a person has recently handled, including explosives or drugs, and will, say sci
entists, provide vital evidence at the scene of a crime.
'SCOTTY' ASHES LOSTA rocket carrying the ashes of Star Trek actor James "Scotty" Doohan and astronaut Gordon Cooper has crashed into the Pacific.
The two-stage Falcon 1 rocket, which blasted off from a Central Pacific atoll on Saturday night, separated as planned, but leftover thrust after engine cut-off caused the first stage to fall back and hit the second stage, according to California-based company SpaceX, blaming a design error.
Three satellites and the remains of 208 people were lost.
EYE FOR THE FUTURE A 'human eye' camera reminiscent of the watchful computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey could revolutionise photography, say researchers.
The prototype device, about the same size and shape as a real eye, has a curved, light-sensitive 'retina' that can produce sharper images and a wider field of view than the traditional flat surface.
The technology is expected to simplify and improve the design of miniature cameras, and find uses in biological monitoring devices.
INTERNET WATCHNearly three-quarters of parents check up on their children's use of social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo, amid fears they could be befriending strangers, an online identity firm has found.
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