One of the most common procedures undertaken by crime scene investigators is dusting for fingerprints, but while the tradition has endured as a core standard of police work, a promising new method ...

You're likely quite familiar with the standard method of dusting for fingerprints portrayed in so many movies and TV shows, but that method doesn't pick up every potential fingerprint. Using ...

SAN DIEGO, March 13 — Dusting for fingerprints can sometimes alter the prints, erasing valuable forensic clues. Now, chemists say they have developed a new fingerprint visualization technique using ...

An Australian scientist has developed a new crime scene identification technique for fingerprint detection and analysis. By adding a drop of liquid containing crystals to surfaces, investigators using ...