With support from NIST, experts are developing tests to help identify people with the pattern-matching skills needed for analyzing fingerprints. Try your eye on a few of the questions by clicking on the link at the end of this article.

The presence of parturition scars—marks often found on female pelvis bones—have commonly been used as an indicator of child birth

Researchers will explore the human microbiome, or genes of microorganisms in and on the body, as trace evidence for forensic identification

With additional research, this microbiome-based method promises a far more definitive method to establish time since death

The faith the public and the criminal justice system place in forensic science far outpaces the amount of trust it deserves, according to opinion piece by a Georgia State associate professor of law

The system will cost around $5,000, which is about one-tenth the cost of systems commercially available, and represents an alternative to the traditional method of plaster casting

An ISO standard for the validation of methods used in the interpretation of forensic evidence will "increase trust in forensic investigations"

Some scientists have an important, if morbid, job: They study the smell of decomposing human bodies.

Funding will expand capacity and reduce backlogs

Finding will be a game changer for law enforcement agencies who have previously been unable to link some suspects with crime scenes