Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are helping to identify those most at risk in Ohio of overdosing on opiates.
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Two universities formalized a collaboration that will use forensics, genetics and education to help find answers to the more than 500 cases of Native American women and girls who have vanished or have been killed in 71 cities.
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A method developed by a team of geneticists, archaeologists and demographers may make it possible to identify thousands of individuals whose remains lie in unmarked graves.
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Rapid DNA allows law enforcement agencies to quickly search against unsolved crimes across the nation while an arrestee is in custody during the booking process.
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Whether spread because of a bad journal article, ancient cultural traditions or simply rumor, scientists have a responsibility to relay correct, impartial data whenever possible.
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Delaware's Division of Forensic Science has identified skeletal remains found in a wooded area this month as a man who went missing in September.
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Mississippi currently has three on-staff forensic pathologists and four on contract that help intermittently throughout the year to handle autopsies and complete reports.
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ReVJeT breaks apart IEDs by targeting a stream of high-velocity liquid, such as water. It does not detonate the device, but rather disarms it from a distance.
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After he pled no contest to second degree murder, the Court ordered Hildwin released with time served. He spent nearly 30 years on Florida’s death row for a murder he always maintained he did not commit.
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The addition of crime labs in Wisconsin and Louisiana brings to 53 the number of forensic laboratories in the United States now using STRmix to resolve DNA profiles in criminal investigations.
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