Despite the vast quantity of fingerprint treatments currently available, examiners continue to be frustrated by a number of ‘difficult’ substrates. Multi-coloured and densely patterned backgrounds, ...

Spirulina, a substance extracted from naturally occurring algae, is non-toxic and fluoresces brightly in the infrared and once ground to a fine powder, is ideal for dusting fingerprints. Most ...

Nanotechnology has continued to prove its superiority to traditional modes of technology in various different industries including medical, imaging and energy sciences. Within forensic science, the ...

Ivory itself is a highly porous, ridged material and fingerprints enhanced with conventional powders have been largely ineffective as a result. This presents a significant challenge for police and ...

ArroGen Group, an integrated advanced forensic solutions company, will unveil its new Fingerprint Molecular Identification™ (FMID) technology Aug. 2-8 at the International Association for ...

It turns out that fingerprints can reveal much more about a person’s identity than the unique ridge patterns of whorls, loops and arches that investigators have relied upon for more than 100 years to ...

Elephant ivory appears quite smooth to the naked eye, but zoom in with a microscope and you will see that it is riddled with tiny pores. Those holes soak up fingerprints like a sponge, quickly ...

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Scientists have collaborated with imaging and fingerprint experts to validate the use of new techniques for retrieving fingerprints from ivory for the first time. Scientists from King's College London ...