(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland has found a way to accurately recreate human fingerprints. The reason for doing so, the team writes in their paper ...
A new computer algorithm can analyze the footwear marks left at a crime scene according to clusters of footwear types, makes and tread patterns even if the imprint recorded by crime scene investigators is distorted or only ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 26, 2012
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Anyone who has watched one of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television shows knows that PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) is a technology used to amplify the tiniest samples of DNA into forensic evidence that can identify ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 21, 2011
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A Northern Illinois University chemist is part of an international team of scientists whose work might someday crack open cold-case files.
Biochemistry
Aug 3, 2011
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Don't get him wrong: Fred Gittes is, in his words, "extremely squeamish."
General Physics
May 24, 2011
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Scientists using synchrotron X-rays have identified the chemical reaction in two van Gogh paintings that alters originally bright yellow colors into brown shades.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 14, 2011
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A novel approach to teaching forensics at the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Forensic Anthropology Field School is using global positioning systems (GPS) and geographical information systems (GIS) to examine complex ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 13, 2010
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Traditional surveillance cameras can be of great assistance to law enforcement officers for a range of scenarios -- canvassing a crowd for criminal activity, searching for who left a suitcase beneath a bench, or trying to ...
Engineering
Jun 7, 2010
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Turn on the television any evening and you're apt to see a scene such as this: Five crime scene investigators, or CSIs, return to the crime scene at night to follow up on some leads. CSI Kathryn Willows looks classy in a ...
Other
Dec 3, 2009
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People who watch forensic and crime dramas on TV are more likely than non-viewers to have a distorted perception of America's criminal justice system, according to new research from Purdue University.
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2009
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