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Silicon Nanowire Gives Portable Fentanyl Detector a Sensitivity Boost
December 01, 2025
Forensic scientists have tapped into the power of silicon to create a handheld detector that can rapidly register trace amounts of fentanyl in a suspected sample to give first responders a better idea of what they are dealing with when responding to a scene. Read More

National Forensic Science Association Names 2025 Unit of the Year
September 24, 2025
In addition to the unit receiving recognition, Latent Print Examiner Elizabeth Molina was recognized as Latent Examiner of the Year. Read More
Public Tip, Genealogy Work Helps ID Missouri Street John Doe 2004
September 22, 2025
It was clear the unidentified man had Ecuadorean ancestry, but a lack of records and endogamy complicated the investigative genetic genealogy research on this case. Read More
Genealogy IDs Young Mother Murdered in 1984, Case Remains Opens
September 22, 2025
Kimberly Carter was a 19-year-old mother of three who disappeared under suspicious circumstances from Kansas City, Missouri on July 5, 1984. Read More
OSAC's Wildlife Forensic Biology Subcommittee Develops Process Map
September 22, 2025
Process mapping is used to visually represent a workflow's critical steps and decision points. Read More
Scientist Working to Improve Age Estimation Post-mortem
September 22, 2025
Age estimation in adult individual remains is challenging, often with errors of plus or minus ten years. Read More
Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Joins Colony Glacier Mission Search
September 22, 2025
It’s been 73 years since a C-124 Globemaster II, carrying 52 military members tragically crashed into Mount Gannett in the Chugach Mountains of eastern Alaska, forty miles from its destination of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Read More

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AAFS 2026
The 78th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS 2026) will be held February 9–14, 2026, at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, ... read more

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