New research suggests that our fingerprints aren’t actually unique, in what could potentially be a blow to a long-held cornerstone of forensic science. The work, published as a study in the journal ...

Cancer diagnoses traditionally require invasive or labor-intensive procedures such as tissue biopsies. Now, research published in ACS Central Science reveals a method that uses pulsed infrared light ...

Crime scene investigators working on the Night Stalker case try all types of fine, dry powders to reveal the killer's latent fingerprints in his abandoned car. From ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 43,000-year-old fingerprint that has left the scientific community puzzled. While everyone can agree that the fingerprint is the oldest ever discovered, the reason why ...