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Researchers from the Field Museum in Chicago have published a study highlighting the potential of mosses, or bryophytes, as valuable forensic evidence.
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Thorsten Lumbsch, Vice President of Science at the Field Museum, has been appointed to the academic staff of the Royal Academy of Sciences (RAC).
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