A Victorian cold case shows how DNA and family history can work together—and why this powerful technique demands care.

Through educational sessions, presentations and opportunities for collaboration, ISHI connects experts from across the ...

The investigation took an unexpected turn earlier this year when detectives learned that one of the suspects had died just two days before DNA evidence linked him to the crime.

A new study finds both autistic and non-autistic suspects may be judged more harshly if any idiosyncratic behaviors in ...

The initiative brings together forensic science with ethical, cultural and legal approaches to help families resolve the ...

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is working with 12 hospitals, 64 police departments, forensic ...

After more than 42 years, using modern forensic DNA technology and extensive police work, investigators have finally ...

“Photo 51” was a cleaner version of an earlier X-ray image—Photo 49—that Rosalind Franklin had already used to calculate key features of DNA, challenging long-held assumptions about her role in the ...

Forensic scientists, medical examiners, emergency response personnel, and organ and tissue donation professionals in Milwaukee County now share one roof. The State of Wisconsin and Milwaukee County ...

DNA Analysis The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is working with 12 hospitals, 64 police departments, forensic nurses, and labs in Erie, Lancaster, and York Counties to pilot ...

Digital Forensics Over the last several years, there has been a growth in the number of options for the public to submit images and videos directly to agencies. This has been an enormous help, as it ...

A patch smaller than a penny could one day save the lives of people experiencing a fentanyl overdose – even when no one else is there to help. Researchers in Virginia Tech’s Department of Biological ...