Test sample preparation of (a) ZPD doped fingerprint and (b) fresh fingerprint: (1) wash and dry hands, put on nitrile gloves, wear for 1 h, turn inside-out and put back on; (2) gently touch ZPD ...
Forensic science has long held that fingerprints are singular identifiers, unique to each finger and each individual. This assumption has formed the backbone of global law enforcement, identity ...
Fingerprinting is one of the mainstays of forensic science, but despite what we see on TV and in movies, analyzing and matching latent prints is a difficult business and still the province of experts.
Finding a fingerprint on the casing of a fired bullet was once a nearly impossible task. But scientists have at last achieved a breakthrough. Researchers at Maynooth University in Ireland have now ...
After Australian materials researcher Kang Liang's home was burgled, he came up with a new forensic method to make fingerprints fluorescent. The glow comes from the reaction between crystals and ...
An undergrad is using artificial intelligence to try and disprove that every fingerprint is unique. The AI model discovered similarities between different fingerprints belonging to the same person.
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 ...
Forensic scientists at the University of Leicester, working with Northamptonshire Police, have announced a major breakthrough in crime detection which could lead to hundreds of cold cases being ...
Even if someone's fingerprints are found on an incriminating document, that person may claim that they only handled the blank sheet of paper before the real criminal printed anything on it. A new ...
WESTCHESTER (WABC) -- Westchester County police unveiled new technology Thursday that enables detectives to lift latent prints from a broad range of materials that previously yielded little to no ...
Hi, I'm Matt Steiner. [Narrator] Matt is a senior crime scene analyst. He explained how crimes scenes worked in technique critique. So in this case, he uses deductive reasoning to come up with the ...
A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by scientists at Maynooth University. For decades, investigators have ...