The capacity is just not there ... to allow these individuals, these experts, these scientists, to do the work that they need ...

The FBI DNA hair sample Nancy Guthrie case has reached a critical forensic moment in 2026. Federal investigators now hold DNA ...

Suggested Citation: "Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5141. This committee was ...

The same DNA science being used to bring closure to families in long-unsolved cases is also increasingly being used as a ...

DURBAN - KwaZulu-Natal authorities hope the new SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory will ease DNA backlogs in the province.

KwaZulu-Natal's newly inaugurated Mayville Forensic Science Laboratory aims to eliminate the province's dependence on external DNA processing, addressing a staggering backlog of over 13,000 cases and ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. It’s been more than 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died. Yet, in those intervening ...

The Saint Louis University Forensic Science program offers courses with hands-on learning opportunities. FRSC 2600 - Survey of Forensic Science 3 credits Students learn scientific methodology, its ...

Rape cases could be solved quicker thanks to a forensic science breakthrough. Researchers in Canada have developed a "radical" new technique for analyzing evidence in sexual assault cases. They say ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...