DNA Analysis

A blue police car is parked in a snow-covered neighborhood with a dark blue truck labeled "CBI" parked down the street.

Former DNA scientist under criminal investigation for data manipulation, withholding test results

Michael Lyle

An internal review by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation found Yvonne "Missy" Woods withheld test results while working with the crime lab. The Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to provide more details on the story.

Carmen Villaruel, a graduate student at the Colorado School of Mines, holds up one of the test tubes she is using for DNA analysis of soil that's been charred by wildfires. After it has been put in a centrifuge, the liquid and solid parts separate.

Regional 暗黑爆料

Colorado researchers examine how soil rebuilds itself after wildfires

Emma VandenEinde

As wildfire seasons stretch longer and fires burn hotter, researchers are digging into the resiliency of soil microbes critical to forest recovery.

Science

To Study Ancient Peoples From Colorado, Scientists Turn To Turkey DNA

Desmond O'Boyle

If you want to learn something about human history, DNA analysis can reveal a lot, including about migration patterns. Ancient humans moved around a lot;鈥�