Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...

Researchers have developed a new method for human identification, which could be a powerful new tool for forensic ...

Shivangi Rao is a research fellow in the Department of Forensic Science at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, where she focuses on Forensic Genetics and Molecular Biology She has ...

On February 14, 1929, gunmen working for Al Capone disguised themselves as police officers, entered the warehouse of a competing gang, and shot seven of their rivals dead. The St. Valentine's Day ...

Over 10 days in early March 2022, five homeless men were shot in Manhattan and Washington, D.C. Two died. With the extraordinary tool of firearms identification analysis, law enforcement linked every ...

As technology becomes increasingly integral to our daily lives, it's no surprise that crime-solving has advanced to near-futuristic levels. From retinal scanning to trace evidence chemistry, modern ...

Fluorescence analysis has emerged as a pivotal tool in both dental research and forensic science. In dental materials, the technique facilitates the differentiation between composite restorations and ...

Supporters of a man who has been missing in outback Charters Towers since 2017 say human bone fragments discovered in October are yet to be tested due to “continuous issues” at Queensland’s ...

A single strand of hair in a crime scene contains many clues that can help identify a perpetrator. In a recent study, scientists have combined two modern techniques, called surface-enhanced Raman ...

On Thanksgiving morning in 1993, a group of hunters strode through tall trees and dense undergrowth near Odessa, Del. In a clearing, just 150 feet off Route 9, they stumbled upon a small human ...

In 2003, Donald Kennedy, then editor in chief of the journal Science, wrote an editorial called, “Forensic Science: Oxymoron?” He answered this question, in effect, “yes.” Unfortunately, the answer ...