A consortium led by Cyan Forensics has been awarded £85,000 by the UK Government to demonstrate innovative technologies to tackle one of society’s most pressing issues—keeping children safe online in end-to-end encrypted messaging environments. read more

Scientists say they have developed a spectroscopy-based technique that can retrieve high-resolution fingerprint images from surfaces where conventional fingerprint imaging typically fails. read more

On May7, 2020, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office was contacted by a private forester representative who advised one of his employees had located what was believed to be human remains. read more

A new study examined the impact changes to background checks and licensing policies has made on different types of violent crime in Massachusetts. read more

Some exclusions were made using a DNA profile developed from crime scene evidence, but the murderer was not identified. The case had again gone cold. read more

Using genetic genealogy tools, they identified individuals who could be related to her, and they applied genealogy research and used social media to identify potential common ancestors. read more

ASTM International, one of the largest standards development organizations in the world, published three new standards for the field detection of fentanyl and fentanyl-related compounds. S&T funded and provided subject matter expertise for the development of all three standards and participated in the drafting and balloting of each of the three documents: read more

A recently published paper argues that repeated identification procedures can contaminate witness memory and should be avoided read more

New drone-mounted remote sensing technologies could complement conventional ground-based laser scanning in efficiently recreating crime scenes for forensic analysis. read more

New research indicates that between 2000 and 2018, the percentage of car crash deaths in the United States involving cannabis have doubled, and the percentage of deaths involving both cannabis and alcohol, have more than doubled. read more