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Taking the Bull Out of the China Shop

14 August 2006

Research by a Perth forensic scientist is helping to
stem the flood of forgeries entering the international
antiques market.
A Perth forensic scientist is employing lasers to help trace pottery back to
the kiln site of its production, thus exposing ceramic forgeries, a multi-million
dollar criminal business.
Emma Bartle from the Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Western Australia [...]

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Is it heroin or flour? Nailing white substances in a flash

26 August 2001

A handheld device that can instantly determine whether a suspicious white substance is an illicit drug – or something innocuous like flour – has been developed by Simon Lewis at Deakin University, Geelong.

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