At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, scientists created a new way to tell someone’s age using just a bit of DNA. This ...

In research published in Advanced Science, investigators describe their ability to reconstruct 3D facial images from DNA data, which could have important applications in forensic investigations of ...

A judge allowed key DNA evidence to be used in Rex Heuermann’s trial in the Gilgo Beach case. It’s a significant advancement ...

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann was linked to his alleged victims using DNA testing known as whole genome ...

Recently, a team of British researchers achieved a groundbreaking feat: they successfully collected environmental DNA (eDNA) ...

Forensic scientists can use these changes to predict someone’s age from biological traces, such as blood found at a crime scene.

News about Forensic Science, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

A new University of Dundee Inside Forensic Science podcast series – the fourth to explore a notorious Scottish crime – and forthcoming Royal Society of ... “If it happened today, the immediate ‘go to’ ...

A N.Y. judge Wednesday said prosecutors in the Gilgo Beach murders can use evidence from a new DNA technology. Rex Heuermann ...

The ruling allows a relatively new forensic technique to be used in a New York courtroom for the first time to link a suspect ...

Prosecutors say the new technique is reliable and helped link Heuermann to victims whose bodies were discovered along Ocean ...

Forensic genetic genealogy helps link Vietnam veteran Larry Parks' 1980 murder to California's notorious Scorecard Killer in ...