Crime-Fighting Metal Detectors Could Count Stacks of Cash—and Foil Smugglers [S
The use of magnetic inks in currency already allows vending machines to verify the authenticity of bank notes. But new research shows that metal detectors at security...
Fingerprints, ballistics, DNA analysis and other mainstays of the forensic science toolkit may get a powerful new crime-solving companion as scientists strive to develop technology for "fingerprinting" and tracing the origins of chemical substances that could be used in terrorist attacks and...
When California forensic scientists were having a hell of time catching the "Grim Sleeper" serial murderer, they turned to a controversial "familial searching" technique—indirectly targeting a suspect's using DNA from their kin— and cracked the case. More »