From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

In a recently published study, we and our colleagues sought to understand the beginning principles of how the altered gravity environment of space will affect future forensic science disciplines.

Best practice of forensic science demand that it be valid, reliable, and independent. Unfortunately, none of this was true in Kevin Keith's case, which was plagued with bad science, bad practice ...

A bloodstain expert’s testimony helped put him in prison. But can forensic science be trusted?

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Popular television shows such as the "Law & Order," "CSI" and "NCIS" franchises glorify forensic science as a ...

Forensic science---the techniques law enforcement applies to cases, CSI-style---desperately needs an overhaul. Although investigators regularly use procedures like fingerprinting, hair strand ...

In fact, the whole field of forensic science is currently in flux, following a top-to-bottom review in 2009 by the National Academy of Sciences.

In the middle of a July heat wave, a circle of students knelt around a hole in the ground in a partly shaded grove at George Mason University, digging for dead bodies.