Social and political complexities are increasing the challenges faced by criminal investigations, though scientific evidence ...

The U.S. Senate designated September 14-20 as National Forensic Science Week to spotlight forensic scientists' impact on ...

From September 2024 to August 2025, the lab received 4,160 evidence submissions and returned nearly 2,940 completed cases to ...

DNA evidence, with its high-tech luster, often grabs all the headlines. But latent prints, that old-fashioned staple of forensic science, are still a cornerstone of criminal investigations.

A new sheriff's station and forensic crime lab will be opening up soon in West Placer County. Placer County officials say the ...

Students were invited to go hands-on on Tuesday. Starting with watching a mock crime scene filmed by the state Department of ...

Long before Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., professor of forensic entomology in the Texas A&M Department of Entomology, helped investigators solve murders with maggots, he was just a kid glued to the TV ...

Frances Glessner Lee discovered her true calling later in life. An heiress without formal schooling, she was in her 50s when ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The freshly minted boss of Queensland’s forensic service says there are likely creeps who should be in prison but are instead walking ...

Cape Town has consistently been one of the metropolitan regions in South Africa with the highest murder rates. It has more than double the national average, and is currently ranked second overall and ...

In a quiet corner of Lucknow, the UP State Institute of Forensic Science (UPSIFS) is attempting something unprecedented: merging law and laboratories to build a world-class model for justice in the ...

New scientific tests have identified several prime suspects in the 1974 Guildford pub bombings and other IRA attacks on British soldiers during the Troubles. Advances in forensic technology mean ...