Traffickers will go to any lengths to smuggle elephant ivory out of Africa. And if it is detected, they often produce papers claiming the ivory is actually from hippos, warthogs, or just plastic. Once ...

Forensic scientists find a new way of identifying brands of lipstick at a crime scene without removing evidence from its bag. Using a technique called Raman spectroscopy, which detects laser light, ...

While the majority of the public is aware of and has a general respect for the role of forensics, the wide range of applications in this field is largely unknown. Due to the rapidly advancing nature ...

Drugs and fibers are among the materials collected in forensic and criminal laboratories. Some of these samples can be quite small, and light microscopes are frequently employed to examine evidence ...

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Forensic fibers can survive underwater for much longer than previously thought—which could help criminal investigators uncover vital evidence. New research led by Staffordshire University's Centre for ...

Ahmedabad: Gujarat has deployed 47 Mobile Forensic Vans (MFVs) across the state to strengthen scientific investigation and ...

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