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 ...

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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 ...

The department of chemistry, St?Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangalore, organized a guest lecture titled “Significance and ...

Forensic evidence is important because it is a tool that generates outcomes in the criminal justice system, she said. When the science that is used is well done it can offer extremely helpful tools in ...

Through cutting-edge forensic science and ancient DNA analysis, scientists have solved one of medieval Europe's most enduring archaeological mysteries. The victim, Duke Béla of Macsó, was a member of ...

A body without a head or hands that was found hidden in a suitcase in New York state has finally been identified, 42 years after the victim was killed. According to a statement from the New York State ...

Decades after the 1975 murder of young mother Judith Lord, the case is being described as "solved," according to a New ...

Forensic science students at Loyola University Maryland helped solve a nearly 55-year-old cold case homicide in Howard County, which led to two adult children being reunited.

A discredited forensic scientist who analysed DNA evidence for the Crown in hundreds of criminal cases received almost $2.8 ...

John McDonagh claims miscarriage of justice when found guilty in 2001 of rape and murder of 17-year-old Siobhan Hynes ...