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Popular Mechanics
August 2009
Brad Reagan |
CSI Myths: The Shaky Science Behind Forensics Bite marks, blood-splatter patterns, ballistics, and hair, fiber and handwriting analysis sound compelling in the courtroom, but much of the "science" behind forensic science rests on surprisingly shaky foundations.   |
Popular Mechanics
July 27, 2009
Brad Reagan |
The Truth About 4 Common Forensics Methods Room for doubt in deciphering the information in four important types of criminal evidence |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
David Dobbs |
Forensics Under Fire The unparalleled accuracy of DNA analysis has forced traditional forensic science to stand trial. |
AskMen.com
Bernie Alexander |
5 Things CSI Doesn't Tell You About Forensics With the topic being hotter than ever, let's look at five things that CSI hasn't told you about forensics. |
Chemistry World
May 14, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Fingertip sweat pore maps to catch criminals The technique uses a water-sensitive polymer to detect the unique pattern of sweat pores on fingertips and may one day help the police to identify fingerprints left on surfaces that are impossible to scrutinize with current techniques. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2007
Simon A. Cole |
Double Helix Jeopardy DNA databases help solve crimes but some say they also aid and abet racial discrimination. Can there be a compromise between the desire for privacy and the need for crime control? |
Reason
November 2007
Roger Koppl |
Breaking Up the Forensics Monopoly America's forensics system, the part of our criminal justice system responsible for scientific examinations of crime-scene evidence like fingerprints and DNA, is rife with errors. Here are eight ways to fix the broken system. |
National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Face, Iris and Fingerprint Biometrics Good Enough for Now, Says White House Staffer Federal agencies that collect biometric data to screen individuals should concentrate their efforts on fingerprints, faces and irises, and perfect the collection of those technologies first. |
Chemistry World
November 2007
Lisa Melton |
Courtroom Chemistry When analyzing the smallest traces of evidence at a crime scene, chemistry is key. |
Chemistry World
March 2012 |
Another brick in the whorl The scientists on the inside of advanced fingerprinting research are cross-examined by Simon Hadlington |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2012
Heather Montgomery |
Shining a light on fingerprint detection Scientists in China have discovered a method for visualizing latent fingerprints found at the scene of a crime, which they say is very simple, rapid, does not require professional forensic treatment and does not destroy the print. |
Chemistry World
April 1, 2011
Hayley Birch |
Nanoparticles help reveal hidden fingerprints A technique using gold nanoparticles in combination with antibodies has shown promising results for enhancing fingerprints that are over a week old. |
CIO
May 15, 2004
Paul Roberts |
Fed Fingerprint Database Spreads Across U.S. - Criminal Justice The wider use of fingerprint scanning technology in recent years has made it easier than ever for law enforcement officials to share information about criminals and quickly compare a suspect's fingerprint image with millions of similar imprints. |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Lift-Off for Fingerprint Analysis UK researchers have demonstrated a new non-destructive method to collect and chemically interrogate fingerprints left at the scene of a crime. |
CIO
May 1, 2003
Ben Worthen |
Database Cracks Murder Case Now, searching a set of prints against the 45 million on file in the FBI's national database takes only a couple of minutes. The system helped crack a case that had been closed for 45 years. |
Wall Street & Technology
April 18, 2008
Melanie Rodier |
Financial Institutions Evaluate Biometrics While financial institutions aren't yet ready for consumer-facing biometrics deployments, these technologies are gaining popularity for behind-the-scenes authentication. |
Chemistry World
September 5, 2013
Jason Woolford |
A biochemical eyewitness Blood found at a crime scene could give police an indication of a criminal suspect's ethnicity there and then thanks to a new bioassay. |
CIO
March 1, 2001
Matt Villano |
IT Autopsy No longer an obscure component of network security, computer forensics has blossomed into a science all its own... |
Chemistry World
June 6, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Fingerprints Recovered From Wiped Metal Forensic scientists can now find fingerprints on metal surfaces that have been wiped clean. Scientists have developed a way of enhancing the patterns that fingerprint residues corrode in metal surfaces. |
Science News
January 24, 2004 |
TimeLine: January 20, 1934 Grave of prehistoric chief's daughter excavated... Triple-sized bison lived in California long ago...
Racketeer file and statistical machines aid fight on crime |
Chemistry World
May 19, 2015
Simon Neil |
Cocaine users sweat over fingerprint analysis Scientists in the UK and the Netherlands have revealed a rapid, single-fingerprint test for cocaine use. |
Chemistry World
October 5, 2012
Patrick Walter |
Forensic lab error led to miscarriage of justice A forensics error has led to an innocent man being held for five months on a charge of rape in the UK. The DNA sample from the rape victim was contaminated during a routine DNA extraction procedure, although this is thought to have been an isolated incident. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007
Paul Tolme |
Wildlife CSI: Inside the Case of the Poisoned Meatballs Crime labs investigate illegal killings of endangered species. |
Chemistry World
May 17, 2012
Rebecca Brodie |
Enhancing Fingerprints with Electrochromism Scientists have developed a method to enhance latent fingerprints on metal surfaces using electrochromism, a process that causes a color change when a charge is applied. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2010
Richard P. Mislan |
Cellphone Crime Solvers Could the murder victim's BlackBerry lead to her killer? Increasingly, the answer is yes |
InternetNews
April 10, 2009
Alex Goldman |
FBI Throws Data-Sharing Tech at Serial Killings The Internet allows law enforcement agencies to collaborate in tracking highly mobile criminals who have escaped detection for years - sometimes for decades. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Brad Reagan |
The Digital Detectives Hidden folders, "deleted" files and internet caches hide clues criminals never knew they left behind. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2006
Jain & Pankanti |
A Touch of Money Biometric authentication systems for credit cards could put identity thieves out of business. Here's how it would work. |
Chemistry World
December 1, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Hard questions after litany of forensic failures at US labs At least five high profile cases of serious malpractice at US forensic crime labs have come to light in the last two years. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2004 |
Lockheed Martin to Build Fingerprint I.D. System for DOD This new system will be patterned after the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). The contract was awarded as a task order under the U.S. Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions (ITES) contracting vehicle. |
Chemistry World
September 29, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Forensic crime lab malpractice surfaces in Oregon New revelations that a chemist at an Oregon state forensics lab appears to have tampered with drug evidence have led the state's governor to launch an investigation. |
Reason
January 2009
Brian Doherty |
Baloney Ballistics Gun databases fail. Devoting so much record keeping to every gun sold guarantees wasted effort, since less than 1 percent of all guns sold will ever be used in a crime. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
New Technique to Finger Suspects Researchers have shown that it is possible to detect trace quantities of drug metabolites in fingerprints. The finding could allow forensic scientists not only to obtain information about a suspect's identity from the print, but also to elicit 'lifestyle intelligence' on the individual. |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Dina Bass |
Microsoft Crosses Swords with Pirates Microsoft employs digital forensics and other technologies to help law-enforcement authorities bust counterfeiter syndicates. |
Scientific American
August 21, 2006
Sally Lehrman |
Missing No Longer An international commission forges ahead to identify genocide victims. The political situation is far from settled in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and ethnic and nationalistic tensions still simmer. |
Smithsonian
August 2007
Cate Lineberry |
On the Case Kathy Reichs, the forensic expert who helped inspire the TV show "Bones," talks about homicides, DNA and her latest novel. |
PC Magazine
April 28, 2006
Oliver Kaven |
Silex SecurePrint This slick (if somewhat pricey) fingerprint-reading system makes sure that nobody but you sees your printouts. |
Fast Company
Nikita Richardson |
Fingerprints of 5.6 Million Government Employees Stolen In Cyberattack Since it was announced in June that hackers had breached the U.S. Government's Office of Personnel Management database, the full breadth of the crippling cyberattack has gone from bad to worse. |
