Test sample preparation of (a) ZPD doped fingerprint and (b) fresh fingerprint: (1) wash and dry hands, put on nitrile gloves, wear for 1 h, turn inside-out and put back on; (2) gently touch ZPD ...

Fingerprinting is one of the mainstays of forensic science, but despite what we see on TV and in movies, analyzing and matching latent prints is a difficult business and still the province of experts.

An undergrad is using artificial intelligence to try and disprove that every fingerprint is unique. The AI model discovered similarities between different fingerprints belonging to the same person.

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 ...

University of California - Irvine. "Study Of Faulty Fingerprints Debunks Forensic Science 'Zero Error' Claim." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 13 September 2005. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2005 / ...

Even if someone's fingerprints are found on an incriminating document, that person may claim that they only handled the blank sheet of paper before the real criminal printed anything on it. A new ...

Forensic scientists at the University of Leicester, working with Northamptonshire Police, have announced a major breakthrough in crime detection which could lead to hundreds of cold cases being ...

Pinellas County Sheriff's Office uses a microscopic amount of gold in a Vacuum Metal Deposition Chamber to uncover ...

A hot potato: A team of researchers from Columbia University have used a custom AI model to test if fingerprints are really as unique as forensic and crime literature suggest. The results are ...

WESTCHESTER (WABC) -- Westchester County police unveiled new technology Thursday that enables detectives to lift latent prints from a broad range of materials that previously yielded little to no ...

HONG KONG - The research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a system for three-dimensional (3D) fingerprint identification by adopting ground breaking 3D fingerprint ...

A red fingerprint in the middle of a face-shaped pebble suggests Neanderthals may have been able to create symbolic art. - Álvarez-Alonso, D., de Andrés-Herrero, M., Díez-Herrero, A. et al./Springer ...