Evidence that could solve murders, convict drug dealers and close cold cases first has to make it through South Carolina’s ...

An elemental examination of an item discovered during an inquiry might provide important information about its origin and history. However, since the item itself may need to be produced as evidence, ...

Drugs and fibers are among the materials collected in forensic and criminal laboratories. Some of these samples can be quite small, and light microscopes are frequently employed to examine evidence ...

Digital forensics has long been the work of sterile labs and locked rooms. But for federal agents executing search warrants in real homes sometimes in rural areas, sometimes waiting to get evidence ...

While the majority of the public is aware of and has a general respect for the role of forensics, the wide range of applications in this field is largely unknown. Due to the rapidly advancing nature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas DPS Crime Laboratory Worker Image by Texas DPSpress release The Texas Department of Public Safety recognized its Crime ...

Forensic Science is an application of variety of scientific technologies into the matter of law. Therefore, forensic science, itself is also a multidiscipline field. In addition to traditional medical ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Nov. 6 -- -- Mitochondrial DNA. Trace evidence analysis. Polymer and nitroglycerin residue. Whorls. Rifling. Botanical forensics. Forensic evidence can be among the most damning in a ...

One area where these types of trace evidence can be found is when a tool or an object is used to commit the crime. This might represent a crow bar used to pry open a lock or break in to a safe, or an ...

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The Firearms Examination Unit houses the guns it collects from crimes inside the city’s department of forensics. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) Federal prosecutors in D.C. have opened a sweeping audit into the ...