DNA's long-term stability and its ability to precisely confirm the identity of a potential suspect in criminal cases have supported its continuous use for forensic analyses. Recent advancements in ...

DNA evidence is supposed to be the gold standard of criminal investigation. But what happens when that same technology sends ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. It’s been more than 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died. Yet, in those intervening ...

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says its Forensic Science Laboratory DNA facility is now fully functional. The sheriff’s office said the lab halted DNA testing after identifying a DNA profile ...

The Saint Louis University Forensic Science program offers courses with hands-on learning opportunities. FRSC 2600 - Survey of Forensic Science 3 credits Students learn scientific methodology, its ...

How many tiny pieces of plastic are currently inside your body? A series of headline-grabbing studies in the last few years have claimed to have found microplastics throughout human bodies—inside ...

Forensic Science students at Saint Louis University are encouraged to participate in co-curricular activities that round out their education. All Forensic Science Majors at SLU have the ability to ...