You're likely quite familiar with the standard method of dusting for fingerprints portrayed in so many movies and TV shows, but that method doesn't pick up every potential fingerprint. Using ...

Astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought to be forming. The team was able to use dust to measure the three-dimensional structure ...

An Australian scientist has developed a new crime scene identification technique for fingerprint detection and analysis. By adding a drop of liquid containing crystals to surfaces, investigators using ...

SAN DIEGO, March 13 — Dusting for fingerprints can sometimes alter the prints, erasing valuable forensic clues. Now, chemists say they have developed a new fingerprint visualization technique using ...

JUSTICE will be done more often: a new method of fingerprint analysis could not only detect prints but also reveal when they were made. Techniques for capturing a fingerprint are far from ...

Fingerprinting powders are still the go-to tool for investigators, both real and fictional. However, instead of oils, some fingerprints only leave a residue of amino acids and other compounds that ...

After Australian materials researcher Kang Liang's home was burgled, he came up with a new forensic method to make fingerprints fluorescent. The glow comes from the reaction between crystals and ...

Stunning as it may sound, Oakland's Police Department -- which handles some of the toughest crimes in the Bay Area -- doesn't have anyone who can read or match fingerprints. The fingerprint unit at ...

A portable device that could scan fingerprints in microseconds has been developed by scientists in India. The system, which works using a technique called optical coherence tomography, promises to be ...