Charles Don Flores has been facing death for 25 years. Flores has been on death row in Texas since a murder conviction in 1999. But John Wixted, a psychologist at the University of California, San ...

LONDON -- In 1901, London police began to dip suspects' fingers in ink and make copies of the prints. Those inkblots made an impression around the world. A century later, DNA analysis may be more ...

Decoding the identity of biomolecules from trace samples is a longstanding goal in the field of biotechnology, and while next-generation sequencing technologies have made it possible to identify ...

Back in 1985, the first genetic "fingerprint" was a miracle of science. Today, DNA analysis is standard practice for defining paternity or maternity, predisposition to disease, embryonic health, ...

Over the years, forensic science has undergone a significant transition from “trust the examiner” to “trust the scientific ...

Colorectal cancer is unique in having its own microbial ‘fingerprint’ – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal smugglers—one gorilla handprint at a time. A border officer with CITES, the ...