- August 1, 1989The Sciences
Misprints
- Seeking new standards for forensic DNA typing
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- April 27, 2017Chemistry
Finding Fingerprints
- A forensic science project
- Science Buddies and Svenja Lohner
- December 16, 2010The Green-Grok
Fears mount for forensic research
- Scientists express concern as UK government axes its forensic service.
- July 30, 2009Evolution
Homo Sapiens Fingered in Neandertal Cold Case
- A forensic analysis suggests that the weapon wielded in a stabbing attack came from modern humans
- Kate Wong
- March 2, 2016The Sciences
Genes Responsible for Gray Hair, Unibrows and Bushy Beards Uncovered
- Findings could inform forensic science—and the development of innovative hair products
- Linda Geddes and Nature magazine
- November 1, 2013Health
Fast-Mutating Viruses Point Back to Criminal Spreaders of Disease
- Forensic epidemiologists are tracking rapid viral mutations to help convict criminal spreaders of disease
- Carrie Arnold
- Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 5
- 10.1038/scientificamerican1113-22a
- Originally published as "Mutating Viruses Lead Cops to the Criminals" in Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 5
- May 1, 1990The Sciences
When Science Takes the Witness Stand
- In courts of law, forensic. testimony often goes unchallenged by a scientifically naive legal community. Forensic methods must be screened with greater care if justice is to be served
- Neville Colman and Peter J. Neufeld
- Scientific American Volume 262, Issue 5
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0590-46
- November 22, 2010The Green-Grok
The birthday candles in your veins
- DNA artefacts from white blood cells offer forensic clues to a person's age.
- June 24, 2014Technology
How You Can Hide Your Smartphone Data from Thieves—and the Cops
- A new software technique thwarts forensic software by making indiscernible changes in a handset’s operating system
- Jesse Emspak
- February 1, 2006The Sciences
Putting a Face on the First President
- Solving a surprisingly long-standing mystery, a forensic anthropologist reconstructs what George Washington looked like as a young man
- Jeffrey H. Schwartz
- February 2006
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0206-84
- August 23, 2012Biology
More Science Needed for Forensic Investigations
- Chemists should help make forensic sciences stronger, says Innocence Project founder
- Daniel Cressey
- October 16, 2011Biology
Cold Cases: Scientists use a variety of tools to help them identify human remains [Video and Slide Show]
- Forensic anthropologists refer to animal skeletons and to new 3D software to help identify victims.
- January 1, 2017Scientific American Volume 316, Issue 1
Animal CSI: Forensic Scientists Catch Dog and Cat Abusers
- Advances in veterinary forensic science are helping prosecutors convict people who abuse animals
- Scientific American Volume 316, Issue 1
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0117-56
- Originally published as "Animal CSI" in Scientific American Volume 316, Issue 1
- October 16, 2011Evolution
Cold Cases: Scientists use a variety of tools to help them identify human remains [Slide Show]
- Forensic anthropologists refer to animal skeletons and to new 3D software to help identify victims.
- Anna Kuchment
- April 30, 2016Policy
Unearthing the Atrocities of Nazi Death Camps
- Forensic archaeologists are finally exploring what lies beneath the dirt—but not without resistance
- Elizabeth Svoboda and Sapiens
- April 16, 2020Public Health
The Bodies of People Who Died from COVID-19 May Still Be Contagious
- A forensic worker in Thailand most likely caught the virus from a deceased patient, a preprint study suggests
- Laura Geggel and LiveScience
- May 13, 2016Policy
700 Drowned Migrants to Be Recovered from Sunken Smuggler Ship
- Two dozen forensic scientists will analyze DNA from a wreck just exhumed from the Mediterranean seafloor
- Barbie Latza Nadeau
- October 30, 2018Policy
What Does a Crooked Election Look Like?
- In the search for electoral fraud, researchers use forensic tool kits to detect statistical signs of ballot stuffing and voter rigging
- David Noonan
- August 8, 2008The Sciences
What is touch DNA?
- The technology that cleared JonBenet Ramsey's family of her murder can detect the slightest bit of genetic material. Husband and wife forensic experts Max and Lucy Houck explain:
- November 23, 2011Mind & Brain
False Confessions Confuse Forensics
- Forensic investigators tended to find more evidence supporting a guilty verdict following a confession, even if it was forced or coerced. Christopher Intagliata reports
