The city of Houston’s independent crime lab is planning to spend millions of dollars over the next 11 months to outsource DNA testing to reduce a backlog of cases and to provide training for ...

CARSLBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced the availability of a new forensic reagent kit ...

With forensic science kits growing increasingly sensitive, samples may not only contain DNA from individuals who were actually at the scene or, say, personally handled a weapon.

A criminalist holds a rape kit at the LAPD’s crime lab at the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center in Los Angeles. Photo: Getty Images This is an excerpt from The Secret History of the Rape ...

Crime scene investigators may use tweezers, black lights, and specialized kits to identify and collect evidence. They may also attend autopsies. Crime scene investigators may use ... non-uniform crime ...

Houston Police Dept. Chief Art Acevedo, left, listens as Dr. Peter Stout, right, Houston Forensic Science Center CEO and president, speaks during a media conference to discuss the seizure of a ...

The following is taken from a news release from Idaho State Police. POWER COUNTY – The Power County Sheriff’s Office, in ...

MADISON, Wis., May 07, 2024--The PowerPlex 18E System gives European forensic laboratories a new tool to efficiently extract more usable data from challenging casework samples.

Forensic laboratories in Europe now have a new DNA analysis kit to efficiently process challenging casework samples. The PowerPlex® 18E System, launched by Promega Corporation, uses eight-color short ...

Linzi Wilson-Wilde has resigned as director of Forensic Science Queensland exactly one month after she was suspended and a ...

There are concerns over what KPRC 2 Investigates has uncovered involving forensic testing delays at the Houston Forensic Science Center, which is resulting in significant backlogs.