Edward Henry, Azizul Haque and Hem Chandra Bose: The Real History of Fingerprint Classification
Explore the Henry fingerprint classification system and why Azizul Haque and Hem…
Leone Lattes: The Pioneer Who Brought Blood Group Testing to Forensic Stains
The scientific history of Leone Lattes, whose early bloodstain grouping methods connected…
Karl Landsteiner: How Blood Groups Laid the Foundation for Forensic Serology
How Karl Landsteiner's discovery of the ABO blood group system transformed medicine…
Albert S. Osborn: The Pioneer Who Shaped Forensic Document Examination
Explore Albert S. Osborn's 1910 Questioned Documents, his scientific approach to disputed…
Song Ci: The Medieval Pioneer of Forensic Death Investigation
The life and legacy of Song Ci, the thirteenth-century Chinese official whose…
Calvin Goddard: The Comparison Microscope and the Rise of Forensic Firearm Identification
Learn how Calvin Goddard and his collaborators advanced firearm and toolmark comparison,…
Juan Vucetich: The Fingerprint Pioneer Behind the 1892 Francisca Rojas Case
How Juan Vucetich developed practical fingerprint classification and helped establish fingerprint evidence…
Frances Glessner Lee: The Nutshell Studies and the Science of Crime Scene Observation
Discover how Frances Glessner Lee transformed forensic training with the Nutshell Studies…
Footwear Impression Evidence: Recovery, Comparison and Limitations
A practical guide to recovering footwear impressions, comparing outsole features, and interpreting…
The DNA Beneath the Fingernails: What the Murdaugh Retrial Can—and Cannot—Prove
A judge has permitted independent testing of unidentified male DNA recovered beneath…
New Forensic DNA Survey Links Contamination Concerns to Workload and Fatigue
A new October 2026 survey of 100 forensic practitioners highlights workload, fatigue…
Airborne DNA Could Help Identify Burglars, Study Finds
A new study recovered airborne DNA from simulated burglars, but detection differed…
Why Identical Touch-DNA Samples Produce Different Results Across Laboratories
An eight-laboratory study shows how sampling, extraction, quantification and interpretation methods can…
NIST Adds Four Forensic Standards to OSAC Registry in October 2026
NIST’s October 6 OSAC update adds four standards covering mobile-device evidence, audio…
Fentanyl Adulterants: What New NIST Research Reveals
A new NIST study tracked fentanyl adulterants in 4,563 drug samples across…
Short-Read vs Long-Read mtDNA Sequencing: Which Is Better for Forensic Casework?
A 2026 pedigree-based study comparing short- and long-read mitochondrial genome sequencing found…
How Large Should a Forensic DNA Population Database Be? New 8,237-Person Study Tests the Numbers
A new study of 8,237 Argentines shows that forensic DNA database sample…
Essential Forensic Propositions Hierarchy: Source, Activity, Offence
The hierarchy of propositions (source, activity, offence) is the backbone of evaluative…
Can Old Hospital Samples Accurately Identify Disaster Victims?
Archived biopsies, cytology slides, diagnostic swabs and blood samples may provide direct…
Massive Backlog Strains Maharashtra Forensic Labs as Evidence Grows
Maharashtra’s forensic labs carried 54,897 pending cases into September 2026, with Cyber…
