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  • Cutting-edge research aims to curb fatalities caused by...

    17 November 2023
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    Harry Fursman is working on two fronts to prevent harm to people who use drugs.

  • Could your DNA help solve one of Australia's cold cases?

    11 October 2023
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    Anyone who has done a consumer DNA test could potentially help identify missing people.

  • New tests for designer drugs could help save lives

    16 March 2023
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    UTS researchers are developing new drug tests to detect illicit synthetic drugs.

  • Designer baby, anyone?

    26 November 2019

    Professor Dennis McNevin explores the slippery slope of Genomic Prediction 

  • Colour tests show promise in battle to halt pill deaths

    11 March 2019

    UTS scientists are developing colour tests to provide a rapid, simple and cost-effective way to detect illicit and...

  • Three heads are better than one

    1 June 2018

    Meet a trio of forensic scientists, and PhD candidates, who are forging careers in biomedical engineering and changing...

  • The crimes are a changin'

    1 June 2018

    Technology is not only leading to new types of crime, but new ways to fight it too.

  • Is your genome really your own?

    10 May 2018

    We're at the point in DNA technology where individuals who – having parted with $99 and a small...

  • For sniffing out crime, science backs blood detection dogs

    18 August 2017

    Blood-detection dogs work paw in hand with scientists and Australia's police to solve crimes and missing persons cases.

  • Chemist devises on-the-spot test for dangerous ‘bath salts’...

    9 August 2016
    Synthetic cathinones are designed to mimic the highs of prohibited substances while staying under the drug control radar.
  • UTS-industry collaborations receive $5.5M boost

    9 May 2016

    UTS Professor Dayong Jin has won a $3.7 million grant to establish a brand new Industrial Transformation Research...

  • New collaboration a boost for international forensic science...

    3 February 2016

    Two of the world's leading groups in forensic science research, based at UTS and Scotland's University of Dundee...

  • Awards celebrate impact and excellence in UTS research

    19 October 2015

    UTS Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Research Excellence on Thursday 15 October celebrated the diversity and excellence of UTS research...

  • Research facility will help solve murder investigations

    18 November 2014
    A unique Australian research facility on the outskirts of Sydney will improve understanding of how human remains decompose...
  • Research facility will help solve murder investigations

    18 August 2014

    UTS will establish the first research facility in the Southern Hemisphere to improve understanding of how human remains...

  • UTS scientist exposes new world of forensic analysis

    18 August 2014
    UTS forensic biology expert Peter Gunn says emerging technologies in forensic science promise greater accuracy in identifying suspects...
  • UTS scientist exposes new world of forensic analysis

    15 August 2014

    UTS forensic biology expert Peter Gunn says emerging technologies in forensic science promise greater accuracy in identifying suspects...

  • UTS Professor part of first Scientific Advisory Board of the...

    21 July 2014
    UTS Professor Claude Roux was invited to visit the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Netherlands, to represent...
  • Talking about research in three minutes

    9 October 2013
    Last Friday, the Faculty of Science held its third annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. This event makes...
  • What lies beneath

    2 September 2012

    Claude Roux and Marie Morelato reveal why forensic science is at a crossroads and how UTS

  • UTS boosts support for young researchers

    11 April 2012

    UTS has awarded a record 16 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships this year to early career researchers

  • UTS takes lead in launching research degrees in analytics

    3 November 2011

    Research in fields such as business analytics, data mining and decision science will recei

  • A step towards a revolution in law enforcement

    2 June 2011

    UTS forensic science researcher Dr Xanthe Spindler has achieved a world first with the pre

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