A newly annotated fingerprint dataset combined with open-source software could help forensic examiners work more consistently ...

When a man was found dead in his vehicle last month in La Plata Canyon, investigators used a tried-and-true method to identify him: fingerprinting. Authorities had good reason to believe they knew the ...

AMES, Iowa – Fingerprints are telling us more and more about the people that left them behind. Sure, we all know the unique whorls, loops and arches in a print can identify a person. But now ...

A new way of detecting and visualizing fingerprints from crime scenes using colour-changing fluorescent films could lead to more effective identifications from latent (hidden) fingerprints on knives, ...

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regula, a global developer of forensic devices and identity verification solutions, is introducing the portable Forensic Light Kit Regula 3116. It enables forensic ...

A fingerprint’s distinct ridges and swirls gradually erode and become fuzzy as its chemical constituents migrate from peaks to valleys. Now, chemists at the National Institute of Standards & ...

When you think of a criminal investigation, you might picture detectives meticulously collecting and analyzing evidence found at the scene: weapons, biological fluids, footprints and fingerprints.