A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists. Dr Eithne Dempsey, and her recent PhD student Dr ...

On March 24, 1994, a man walking his dog in Albany, Georgia, found the body of a woman named Angela Sizemore, who had been raped and murdered and left in the front seat of her SUV behind an apartment ...

Finding a fingerprint on the casing of a fired bullet was once a nearly impossible task. But scientists have at last achieved a breakthrough. Researchers at Maynooth University in Ireland have now ...

Forensic science has long held that fingerprints are singular identifiers, unique to each finger and each individual. This assumption has formed the backbone of global law enforcement, identity ...

A hot potato: A team of researchers from Columbia University have used a custom AI model to test if fingerprints are really as unique as forensic and crime literature suggest. The results are ...

After a brush with burglars, an Australian scientist has developed a new technique to 'dust' for fingerprints, creating a solution that makes fingerprints glow under blacklight. Claire Reilly was a ...

“Do you think that every fingerprint is actually unique?”It’s a question that a professor asked Gabe Guo during a casual chat while he was stuck at home during the COVID-19 lockdowns, waiting to start ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Fingerprints have provided key evidence in countless cases of serious crime.