D.C.'s long troubled crime lab can once again test latent fingerprints, bringing an agency that was stripped of its accreditation four years ago after errors were discovered in criminal convictions ...

The new technique uses a machine learning tool to match prints from different digits belonging to the same person, but forensic scientists disagree on its utility. When you purchase through links on ...

Forensic science became a critical art in criminal investigations in the 1970s with the use of blood type identification. Every decade since has yielded enhanced forensic technology, leading to the ...

Researchers at Maynooth University have achieved a forensic milestone by revealing fingerprints on fired bullet casings using a safe electrochemical process. The method uses mild voltage and non-toxic ...

Forensic analysis is a critical tool used by law enforcement and has been used in countless criminal justice cases. Some experts have expressed serious concern that very few forensic techniques, with ...

A hot potato: A team of researchers from Columbia University have used a custom AI model to test if fingerprints are really as unique as forensic and crime literature suggest. The results are ...

A revelation that the NYPD failed to disclose a serious error eight years ago by a leading detective in its high-profile fingerprint lab has led to calls for a top-to ...