http://www.nfstc.org SCIENCE SERVING JUSTICE Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:18:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.nfstc.org/nfstc-best-places-to-work-finalist-again/ http://www.nfstc.org/nfstc-best-places-to-work-finalist-again/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:05:22 +0000 pduncan http://www.nfstc.org/?p=2036 NFSTC is proud to be selected by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as a 2010 Best Places to Work finalist for the second year in a row. The organization is among 60 companies named for this honor in four size categories. ]]> http://www.nfstc.org/nfstc-best-places-to-work-finalist-again/feed/ 0 http://www.nfstc.org/scholarships-for-2010-nij-conference/ http://www.nfstc.org/scholarships-for-2010-nij-conference/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:52:17 +0000 pduncan http://www.nfstc.org/?p=1987 The National Institute of Justice is offering a small amount of needs-based scholarships for the 2010 NIJ Conference. Criteria: You must be a practitioner in the criminal justice field (e.g. law enforcement officer, prosecutor or victim services provider) in the public or non-profit sector. ]]> http://www.nfstc.org/scholarships-for-2010-nij-conference/feed/ 0 http://www.nfstc.org/nfstcs-csi-class-featured-in-the-saint-petersburg-times/ http://www.nfstc.org/nfstcs-csi-class-featured-in-the-saint-petersburg-times/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:28:17 +0000 cvivian http://www.nfstc.org/?p=1914 NFSTC's Essentials of Crime Scene Investigation, a training class for new investigators, was featured in the Saint Petersburg Times on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. This class, funded by the National Institute of Justice, provides online and hands-on training in a variety of forensic investigation techniques and is provided free of charge to the agencies. ]]> http://www.nfstc.org/nfstcs-csi-class-featured-in-the-saint-petersburg-times/feed/ 0 http://www.nfstc.org/csi-night-at-nfstc/ http://www.nfstc.org/csi-night-at-nfstc/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:56:36 +0000 pduncan http://www.nfstc.org/?p=1868 http://www.nfstc.org/csi-night-at-nfstc/feed/ 0 http://www.nfstc.org/new-classes-essentials-of-csi-training/ http://www.nfstc.org/new-classes-essentials-of-csi-training/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:50:08 +0000 cvivian http://www.nfstc.org/?p=1856 April and May class registration now open. This 40-hour training program is designed to introduce law enforcement personnel to the fundamental principles of crime scene investigation, including techniques used to recover a variety of high value items of evidence. Offered to Selected Applicants]]> http://www.nfstc.org/new-classes-essentials-of-csi-training/feed/ 0 http://www.nfstc.org/evaluation-sheds-light-on-laser-vs-led-tools/ http://www.nfstc.org/evaluation-sheds-light-on-laser-vs-led-tools/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:27:04 +0000 wcote http://www.nfstc.org/?p=1714 To help laboratories assess the strengths and limitations of LED and laser light sources for evidence identification, NFSTC conducted an evaluation comparing the performance of the Coherent® Semiconductor Laser to the Rofin Forensic Polilight® Flare Plus. ]]> http://www.nfstc.org/evaluation-sheds-light-on-laser-vs-led-tools/feed/ 0 http://www.nfstc.org/nfstc-earns-honors-in-ultimate-management-team-awards/ http://www.nfstc.org/nfstc-earns-honors-in-ultimate-management-team-awards/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:19:53 +0000 cvivian http://www.nfstc.org/?p=1667 http://www.nfstc.org/nfstc-earns-honors-in-ultimate-management-team-awards/feed/ 0 http://www.nfstc.org/evaluation-team-tests-new-promega-str-amplification-kit/ http://www.nfstc.org/evaluation-team-tests-new-promega-str-amplification-kit/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:27:11 +0000 wcote http://www.nfstc.org/?p=1661 NFSTC recently completed its technical evaluation of Promega’s PowerPlex® 16 HS STR amplification kit. This evaluation utilized the same sample set and performance standards as NFSTC’s previously published study of eight commercially available STR amplification kits. ]]> http://www.nfstc.org/evaluation-team-tests-new-promega-str-amplification-kit/feed/ 0 http://www.nfstc.org/nfstc-puts-phazir%e2%84%a2-through-its-paces/ http://www.nfstc.org/nfstc-puts-phazir%e2%84%a2-through-its-paces/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:16:49 +0000 wcote http://www.nfstc.org/?p=1619 Near-infrared spectroscopy is currently utilized in a variety of industries including pharmaceutical manufacturing, agriculture, environmental monitoring and petrochemical production. But is it the right technology for rapidly identifying materials such as controlled substances and explosives? NFSTC recently evaluated the Polychromix PHAZIR™ analyzer to find out. ]]> http://www.nfstc.org/nfstc-puts-phazir%e2%84%a2-through-its-paces/feed/ 0 http://www.nfstc.org/looking-for-blood-spatter-animation/ http://www.nfstc.org/looking-for-blood-spatter-animation/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:32:38 +0000 cvivian http://www.nfstc.org/?p=1570 NFSTC has created materials and images that are available for use for education and training, media stories, publications and other uses. Browse our online gallery for still images, video and animation, including our most popular blood spatter animation.]]> http://www.nfstc.org/looking-for-blood-spatter-animation/feed/ 0