Forensic Potential of Mascara Analysis
Volumizing, Eye-enhancing, Lengthening. And Crime Solving? Mascara as Trace Evidence Trace evidence collection and analysis is an essential part of crime scene investigation. When… Read More
Simon Henry Gage: Quintessential American Microscopist
[This article is based on one that first appeared in The Journal of the Microscope Historical Society, Volume 17, 2009, and is… Read More
The Forensics of the Night: A Closer Look at the CSI Effect by a Forensic Microscopist
The tenth season of the television drama series, C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation (C.S.I.) began on CBS September 24,… Read More
About the Use of Digital Single Lens Reflex Cameras on Microscopes
For micrography a choice between dedicated microscope cameras and single lens reflex cameras (SLR) has long been available. This choice exists not only for film… Read More
Holographic Glitter
View PDF Abstract Glitter is frequently encountered as transfer evidence (trace or associative evidence) in those crimes where there is… Read More
Micro Powder X-ray Diffraction in the Laboratory
Introduction X-ray diffraction (XRD) has been the indispensable tool for identifying crystal phases. The most common use of the X-ray diffraction phenomenon is in powder diffraction… Read More
A “Poor” PLM Microscopist’s Tunable Monochromatic Light Source
When doing some more sophisticated work with a polarized light microscope (PLM), from time to time the desire emerges to have a monochromatic… Read More
A “Poor” Microscopist’s Hotplate
The title of this little note was inspired by a series of articles on the “poor” microscopist’s hotstage and its accessories that… Read More
Winkel-Zeiss WWII Military Field Hospital Microscope Kit
[This article first appeared in The Journal of the Microscope Historical Society Volume 16, 2008, and is reprinted here by kind permission of that journal’s… Read More
Environmental Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology by Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P Gerba Academic Press, Second Edition, 2008 (First Edition, 2000). 598 pages. Read More
