Once the pineapple leaf-based nanoparticles had adsorbed copper, they could be ground into a powder that forensic ...

STORY: Fingerprints have long been a key clue for detectives and crime-stoppers. And now there's a new tool that could soon lift prints from old cases. "What we're hoping is that we'll be able to get ...

Spirulina, a substance extracted from naturally occurring algae, is non-toxic and fluoresces brightly in the infrared and once ground to a fine powder, is ideal for dusting fingerprints. Most ...

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

Despite the vast quantity of fingerprint treatments currently available, examiners continue to be frustrated by a number of ‘difficult’ substrates. Multi-coloured and densely patterned backgrounds, ...

The detection and use of latent fingerprints have been part of the bedrock of forensic science since the 19 th century. Image Credit: Prath/Shutterstock.com In terms of forensic science, there are ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Experts from various sectors now contribute to conservation science; even if you are a forensic scientist, you could play an important role in ...

Elephant ivory appears quite smooth to the naked eye, but zoom in with a microscope and you will see that it is riddled with tiny pores. Those holes soak up fingerprints like a sponge, quickly ...