NEW ORLEANS - The 78th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) is taking place Feb.

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Determining the temporal aspect of a crime is particularly problematic for investigators and is still a major gap in forensic science. Related questions which investigators often ask include ...

Blood spatter analysis, fingerprint analysis, forensic serology and DNA analysis. While these processes are often shown and ...

Accurate “time of death” estimates are a mainstay of murder mysteries and forensic programs, but such calculations in the real world are often complex and imprecise. In a first-of-its-kind study, ...

NJIT’s forensics program brought its latest and greatest to thousands at the nation’s largest forensic science conference, from VR crime scene reconstruction tech to advances in DNA analysis. NJIT’s ...

A forensic blueprint for truth, security, accountabilityIn an era where crime has become increasingly mobile, digital and identity-driven, the ability to reliably establish who is who has become one ...

The remains of a woman found in a small Massachusetts town in 1978 were identified more than four decades after her death using “old fashioned police work” — and help from advances in forensic genetic ...

EKU’s forensic science program is one of the longest-running in the country and the only one in KY to be accredited by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences ...