Forensic analysis of automotive paints using spectroscopy has emerged as a pivotal technique in criminal investigations, especially in cases such as hit-and-run incidents where trace evidence often ...

Forensic soil analysis and characterisation represents an integral facet of modern investigative science, utilising a diverse array of analytical techniques to link soil samples to their origins. This ...

On Monday, storage solutions company WiebeTech announced the arrival of two new products designed to assist with forensic data analyses. The first one, Forensic ComboDock, is a write-blocked FireWire ...

Drugs and fibers are among the materials collected in forensic and criminal laboratories. Some of these samples can be quite small, and light microscopes are frequently employed to examine evidence ...

Thought LeadersArian van Asten Professor in Forensic Analytical ChemistryUniversity of Amsterdam In this interview conducted at Pittcon 2024 in San Diego, we spoke to Professor Arian van Asten about ...

Othram is identifying previously unidentified remains at a rate of more than one every two days, working with law enforcement to solve both ongoing and cold cases. A human skull, hidden between walls, ...

Ever since the Chinese physician and judge, Song Ci, used his cutting-edge methods to investigate crimes in Hunan Province, science and crime-fighting have been inextricably intertwined for more than ...

Editor’s note: The following case study is excerpted from The 2014 AICPA Survey on International Trends in Forensic and Valuation Services. Although the buzz about Big Data has certainly been growing, ...

Crime scene tape across a burial site during a week-long field of study at the "Body Farm" at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. (FBI photo) The National Institute of Standards and Technology ...