Forensic scientists both help solve crimes and aid in exonerating innocent people. They use scientific methods to analyze crime scene evidence and write reports to law enforcement explaining what that ...

This means there is a need to develop new analytical techniques to enrich forensic science subfields like toxicology, trace evidence, and chemistry. All of these fields work together to create a ...

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Researchers believe they have found new molecular fossils of archaea using a method of analysis commonly used in forensic science. Researchers in Japan and China believe they have found new molecular ...

Volunteers are swimming in the sea to help science conserve some of the world's rarest fish. Scuba divers and snorkelers are among those helping to identify endangered species, such as giant ...

Forensic fingerprinting techniques will now be used in the battle against illegal wildlife trade as new methods of lifting fingermarks from trafficked animals. A pioneering new project trials ...

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Forensic science techniques are of incredible benefit in criminal investigations. But while they can help reveal who a piece of evidence came from or how it got there, there is a major capability gap ...

After a brush with burglars, an Australian scientist has developed a new technique to 'dust' for fingerprints, creating a solution that makes fingerprints glow under blacklight. Claire Reilly was a ...

It is time to reassess the science behind forensic-science techniques, according to Donald Kennedy, a professor of environmental studies at and president emeritus of Stanford University, and Richard A ...

Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju, has described the ongoing two-day Forensic and Fraud Investigation Training for police officers as a critical component of the reform agenda of ...