I wanted a way of maybe helping some of these cases make it into the courtroom,” forensic scientist Virginia Maxwell said.

NIST's fingerprint dataset SD 302 includes 10,000 fingerprint images, including this one from the sticky side of a postage ...

Chemist Igor Lednev has spent more than a decade fighting crime in his lab. He’s developing a laser-based technology to quickly analyze crime scene evidence. A laser is shined on the sample and it ...

Time hasn't been kind to once-beloved crime shows like Law & Order, 24, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, with their ...

The state used about $1 million in federal COVID emergency funding to purchase and outfit the mobile forensic service.

A tiny piece of moss became the crucial clue that exposed a shocking cemetery crime. Credit: Shutterstock. A moss sample ...

From grave robberies to missing person cases, moss samples offer crucial clues about when and where crimes occurred, ...

Like many crime labs in the United States, analysts at the center routinely perform forensic firearms identification, meaning ...

Learn how the ASPCA Veterinary Forensic Science Center helps law enforcement investigate animal cruelty through forensic ...

An identical twin commits a crime and leaves their DNA at the scene. Can DNA testing reveal which twin is the culprit? This ...

In 2009, investigators probing a grave-desecration scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, recovered a clump of moss ...

Television has long been fascinated with forensic science, from the procedural mechanics of autopsies to the psychological ...