The Column-02-22-2012

The Column

Doping diagnosis

February 22, 2012

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Banned substance use in sports still remains a controversial and highly publicized subject. A team of scientists from the Italian Sports Medicine Federation in Rome, Italy, has developed a screening procedure specifically designed for the detection of saccharides and polyalcohols in human urine, focusing specifically on dextran, hydroxyethyl starch and mannitol.

Smoking fingers

February 22, 2012

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A team of scientists has conducted an experiment using capillary-scale ion chromatography with suppressed conductivity detection to analyse gunshot residues, sweat and latent human fingerprints.

Man's best friend

February 22, 2012

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A recent discovery in the Atai mountains of southern Siberia has presented some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication.