Crime documentaries and courtroom dramas offer only a glimpse into the complex world of forensic science. While DNA analysis plays a key role in identifying suspects or victims, the scope of ...

Skin cells and their DNA varies between individuals, but new data shows that some groups of people have higher variability in their cell deposits. The South Australian forensic science researchers are ...

The devastating fires in Maui have caused at least 115 deaths, yet only 46 of those have been identified two weeks on from the blaze, police said Thursday. Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for, ...

Forensic experts have obtained a DNA profile of the unknown killer of a schoolgirl raped and shot dead 62 years ago near Swansea, Wales. Scientists isolated the killer's DNA from a semen stain on the ...

This video segment from NOVA: "The Killer's Trail" follows a team of experts as they investigate the forensic evidence from the 1954 murder of Marilyn Sheppard, one of the most famous unsolved crimes ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intermountain Forensics, experts in cold case DNA analysis, announced the addition of a dedicated satellite lab for forensic genetic genealogy with new partner Astrea ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Verogen Inc., the world’s first DNA sequencing company dedicated to forensic science, announced today that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has approved ...

A forensic scientist testified in a Riverhead courtroom Wednesday that the scientific methods used to link DNA from degraded hair samples found with the remains of several Gilgo Beach homicide victims ...