Scientists who can precisely measure hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in water and other beverages can tell where a dead woman spent the last two years of her life, whether expensive wine is worth the price and where the milk sold in fast-food stores came from.
These are just some of the skills that biologists, geologists and analytical chemists at the University of Utah and a Salt Lake City laboratory called IsoForensics Inc. are using to assist homicide and cold-case detectives and food-quality investigators.
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These are just some of the skills that biologists, geologists and analytical chemists at the University of Utah and a Salt Lake City laboratory called IsoForensics Inc. are using to assist homicide and cold-case detectives and food-quality investigators.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/science/arti...help-liquid-sleuths-solve-cold-cases/19543645