Scientists have developed a water-soluble, non-toxic fluorescent spray that makes fingerprints visible in just a few seconds, making forensic investigations safer, easier and quicker. Latent ...
Neutron scattering at ILL and ISIS delves inside a new crime scene forensics technique. The research is to address the fact that only 10 percent of fingerprints taken from crime scenes yield ...
Researchers created a fluorescent nanoparticle using a combination of materials (MCM-41, chitosan and dansylglycine) to examine latent fingermarks. These nanoparticles have special properties that ...
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Fingerprints are recognized as one of the most reliable biometric features in forensic science. Carbon dots (CDs), a zero-dimensional carbon material, have emerged as an ideal candidate for ...
US chemists say they have developed a new fingerprint visualization technique using X-rays that leaves prints intact. Dusting for fingerprints can sometimes alter the prints, erasing valuable forensic ...
Biometrics are a hot topic. New methods of identifying individuals are developing at an ever-increasing pace and biometric data, whether that might be facial, iris or even speech recognition are all ...
Wednesday 28th June 2013, Durham: A new way of detecting and visualizing fingerprints from crime scenes using colour-changing fluorescent films could lead to higher confidence identifications from ...