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Forensic scientist collects a sample from a crime scene

Advances in Touch DNA Forensics: Where Are We Now and What Does the Future Hold?

by Maria Rosales Gerpe, PhD

Touch DNA expert Adrian Linacre, PhD, professor of forensic science at Flinders University, on the progress and future of the touch DNA forensics field

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Probabilistic Genotyping in the Forensic Lab

by Michael Coble, PhD

Interpreting Forensic Evidence with Statistics

Interpreting Forensic Evidence with Statistics

by Michelle Dotzert, PhD

a black gun handle is swabbed by a person wearing light blue gloves and a lab coat

New Simpler and Cost-Effective Forensics Test Helps Identify Touch DNA

by University of New Hampshire

Innovative method could have significant implications on forensic investigations

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Scientists ID Burned Bodies with DNA-Extracting Method Used on Wooly Mammoths

by Binghamton University

Technique could provide an effective way for forensic investigators to identify badly burned human remains

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Police to Trial New Forensic Footwear Process

by Staffordshire University

Forensic experts are taking new steps to identify criminals caught on CCTV using the shoes they are wearing

Human head made of a finger print with a magnifying glass over it

New Scientific Methods for Analyzing Criminal Careers

by Complexity Science Hub Vienna

Researchers have examined 1.2 million criminal incidents and developed an innovative method to identify patterns

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Cat-Ching Criminals with DNA from Pet Hairs

by University of Leicester

New method helps researchers link suspects to a crime scene via cat hair

Crime scene with numbered evidence markers and blood splatter

New Method May Accurately Identify Body Fluids at Crime Scenes

by Wiley

Method uses two different types of RNA to distinguish between five common body fluids

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Researchers Blow Whistle on Forensic Science Method

by Iowa State University

Researchers say inconclusive reports in forensic cartridge-case comparisons conceal exculpatory evidence

Human Child remains being excavated

Forensic Study Sheds Light on the Remains of Infants, Children

by North Carolina State University

Researchers used the remains of pigs to access how infant and juvenile bones decay over time

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Study Finds Mass School Shootings Are Not Caused by Mental Illness

by Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Data reveal psychosis and other serious psychiatric illness absent in the majority of perpetrators

Ink thumbprint on paper

How Old Is That Fingerprint?

by American Chemical Society

New study discovers molecular markers that could be used to age fingerprints more accurately