The same DNA science being used to bring closure to families in long-unsolved cases is also increasingly being used as a ...

Short tandem repeat profiling of bathwater showed that DNA quantity jumps sharply after a person is immersed in the water for ...

The capacity is just not there ... to allow these individuals, these experts, these scientists, to do the work that they need ...

In May 2006, Tim Stinson travelled to England to tour the libraries of London, Oxford and Cambridge. At the time, he was ...

DNA's long-term stability and its ability to precisely confirm the identity of a potential suspect in criminal cases have supported its continuous use for forensic analyses. Recent advancements in ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

DNA evidence is supposed to be the gold standard of criminal investigation. But what happens when that same technology sends ...

He noted that existing forensic DNA laboratory equipment, which is over 15 years old, has significantly reduced ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. It’s been more than 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died. Yet, in those intervening ...

The Saint Louis University Forensic Science program offers courses with hands-on learning opportunities. FRSC 2600 - Survey of Forensic Science 3 credits Students learn scientific methodology, its ...