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Pollen is all around us, is extremely durable and can provide clues about where someone’s been. A new genetic technique will make it easier to use pollen evidence in criminal investigations.
Using a robotic video camera to digitally recreate a crime scene could give juries greater insight without the logistical nightmare and potential bias of a physical visit.
Forensic scientists should be encouraged to help detect patterns of behaviour in the incidents they investigate. This could lead to changes in the way some things are done and potentially save lives.
The ancient Egyptians knew a thing or two about how to produce a vibrant blue pigment for their tombs and coffins. Now it’s being used to help find fingerprints.
Forensic scientists are trained to disprove claims. This sort of thinking is useful when you’re trying to make sense of “miracle cures”, “wonder drugs” and other fantastic claims.
We are only just starting to understand the potential of microscopic algae as forensic evidence.
Research shows hand gestures used in the right way can help implant false memories, with serious implications for police interviews.
A new technique could help the police identify more criminals from just their footprints.
Paris police were able to use information found on a phone, but what details can be found that could tackle future attacks?
Why the UK needs a body farm for research.
In the middle of a rose garden, on a leafy road in northwest London, nestles the Freud Museum – though the petals, in October, are tumbling. The house, at 20 Maresfield Gardens, is the proud bearer of…
Bodies thought to belong to members of Russia’s murdered royal family are to be re-examined for new evidence but forensics has its potential and limitations.
CSI and its franchise has achieved something unique: making forensics glamorous and sexy and fuelling public fascination with the dead.
South African forensics may provide clues to the 400-year-old mystery of what was smoked in pipes found in Shakespeare’s garden.
Using DNA testing, researchers find that most elephant poaching is happening in two spots – crucial information to stopping the flow of ivory out of Africa.
CSI lied to you: investigating a crime scene is long, complicated and often boring.
Germs on shoes and mobile phones are a good way of tracing criminal suspects, finds study.
DNA profiling is a powerful tool, but being faced with identical DNA from identical genes has been a problem - until now.
Forensic science has revolutionised justice, but we may have too much faith in it.
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Associate professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University
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