Crime scene investigation may soon become significantly more accurate and efficient thanks to a new method for detecting gunshot residues. Researchers have developed the technique that converts lead ...

Photoluminescent lead detection in gunshot residue. (A) Shooting firearms produces gunshot residue that typically contains lead particulates. (B) Methyl ammonium bromide in the reagent reacts with ...

Crime scene investigation may soon become significantly more accurate and efficient thanks to a new method for detecting gunshot residues. Researchers from the groups of Wim Noorduin (AMOLF/University ...

A recent Oregon Court of Appeals ruling blew a gaping hole in the state police crime lab’s long-standing technique of matching a suspect’s gun to shell casings left behind at a crime scene. The court ...

“In the old days, you would just use a tape measure,” said Steve Gardner, a forensic services supervisor with the Anaheim Police Department. “Now, you have hundreds of thousands of measurements.” Once ...

Crime-scene models with detailed measurements once took hours to collect. Now, law-enforcement agencies are increasingly turning to new technology to help speed up the work and better collect evidence ...

Crime-scene models with detailed measurements once took hours to collect. Now, law-enforcement agencies are increasingly turning to new technology to help speed up the work and better collect evidence ...

Two masked men stormed into a gold store at night, fatally stabbed the security guard who tried to stop them and fled the scene, leaving the corpse and knife behind. All fingerprints and DNA gathered ...