Forensic scientists find a new way of identifying brands of lipstick at a crime scene without removing evidence from its bag. Using a technique called Raman spectroscopy, which detects laser light, ...

Lifestyle profiling represents a new method where the chemistries that are obtained from the personal objects of a person are used to build their lifestyle profile. This is then used to infer the ...

Forensic analysis of man-made, non-nuclear events (such as industrial accidents, explosion experiments and mine collapses) has become more frequent and detailed owing to advancements in geophysical ...

Fire devastates communities and families, and it makes identification of victims challenging. In the aftermath of the wildfire that swept through Lahaina, Hawaii, officials are collecting DNA samples ...

In April 2017, a man set out from New York to hike the Appalachian Trail. For 15 months, he made his way south, stopping along the way to socialize with fellow hikers. Then, in July 2018, his dead ...

Three questions are key for assisting in solving criminal cases by establishing evidential information from human biological traces collected at crime scenes. Who did it? What happened? When did it ...

The primary bottleneck in this procedure is the inability to culture forensically relevant pathogens under laboratory conditions; moreover, nucleic acids may be low quality or damaged, rendering them ...

When a crime involves gunfire, examination of physical evidence derived from ammunition often yields key pieces of evidence used in the investigation of that crime. Firearms examination focuses on ...

For decades, investigators have treated fired bullets and casings as nearly hopeless surfaces for fingerprints, assuming the blast of heat and pressure wiped away the most telling traces of who pulled ...

Thought LeadersArian van Asten Professor in Forensic Analytical ChemistryUniversity of Amsterdam In this interview conducted at Pittcon 2024 in San Diego, we spoke to Professor Arian van Asten about ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Fire devastates communities and families, and it makes identification of ...

Many forensic techniques developed in crime labs to aid investigators, and research into their limits or scientific validity was never a priority. Except for DNA, no method has been shown to be able ...