Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Fingerprints have long been a key clue for detectives and crime-stoppers. And now there's a new tool that could soon lift ...

The team found that newer reduced-size powders were able to provide clearer, useable fingerprint detail that is vital for identifying the donor. The clarity of ridge detail was found to be at its ...

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 ...

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White powders found at known or potential crime scenes present investigators and first responders with a dilemma. Touching the powders could be dangerous or compromise the evidence, and sending ...

Researchers led by Bienvenu Gael Fouda-Mbanga at Nelson Mandela University in Gzeberha, South Africa, have found a new form of powder for dusting fingerprints. It enabled them to capture nanoscale ...

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ArroGen Group, an integrated advanced forensic solutions company, will unveil its new Fingerprint Molecular Identification™ (FMID) technology Aug. 2-8 at the International Association for ...

Scientists at the University of Bath (UK) and Shanghai Normal University (China) have developed a biocompatible fluorescent spray that detects fingerprints in ten seconds. The spray, based on a ...