Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person in scrubs, a face mask and a hair net writing information down in a laboratory with chemicals visible. A forensic science ...

There was a time when criminals with identical twins could commit serious crimes and still get away with them.

The abilities of DNA testing have grown to provide investigators greater insight from biological data. This guide aims to offer a simple summary of the contemporary technology landscape, and to ...

Promising new inroads into critical DNA testing has been forecast by Flinders University experts who have applied machine learning to DNA profiling. From medical diagnostics to forensic tests and ...

The use of genetic information collected by private companies in criminal investigations raises a number of issues about transparency and privacy. After more than a decade of work, the Human Genome ...

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A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Changes to New York’s forensic testing guidelines could help solve more cold cases by allowing evidence to be tested in more laboratories. News10NBC’s affiliate in Albany reports that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong ...