Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...

On Thanksgiving morning in 1993, a group of hunters strode through tall trees and dense undergrowth near Odessa, Del. In a clearing, just 150 feet off Route 9, they stumbled upon a small human ...

Forensic identification is the use of scientific technology to identify a person from imprints or trace elements left behind in both civil and criminal investigations (in a crime scene or an accident) ...

In 1247, Song Ci, a Chinese medicolegist, wrote the first monograph for modern forensics called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified. The main aim of Song Ci was to preserve human life, and the ...

Purpose: To explore the experience of medical genetics professionals who volunteered in the DNA identification efforts after Hurricane Katrina to identify “lessons learned” and plan for future ...

In crime scene investigations, a single strand of hair can make a huge difference in the evolution of a case or trial. In most cases, forensic scientists must look for clues hidden in minuscule ...

For years, American TV shows have featured crime scene investigators using forensic evidence to solve grim murders. Often, however, these fictional CSIs present unrealistic portrayals of the ...

Two identifications were made this week, hundreds more remain. In the two decades since the Sept. 11 attacks, forensic scientists have been hard at work trying to identify the 2,753 people who were ...

In times of armed conflicts, situations of violence, disasters, and other major crises, many missing person cases can be avoided. Unfortunately, a lack of identification systems and family exclusion ...

A single strand of hair in a crime scene contains many clues that can help identify a perpetrator. In a recent study, scientists have combined two modern techniques, called surface-enhanced Raman ...