Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been an important tool for forensic science since the 1970s, and it continues to find forensic applications today. The technique – capable of 100,000x ...

A television in Baltimore Circuit Court showed a magnified picture of spent cartridge casings taken through the lens of a microscope. If a juror didn’t look closely, they might confuse two rounds for ...

Technological developments in evidence gathering hold out promise of fewer offenses going unpunished. The global success of television dramas like "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" has lulled many into ...

Forensic experts are developing a new system which could revolutionise how evidence is used in domestic violence and sexual assault cases Forensic experts are developing a new system which could ...

Deepfakes—hyper-realistic synthetic media generated by AI—are no longer fringe phenomena. From fake video evidence in litigation to impersonation in financial fraud and disinformation campaigns, the ...

The University of Nevada, Reno, in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Criminal Justice, is excited to announce the launch of Nevada’s first-ever Forensic Studies ...

Material identification and analysis are crucially important within the forensic analysis field. Similarly to how there is no pre-determined set of materials that comprises all forensic lab analytes, ...

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Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Deepfakes challenge one of humanity’s most fundamental assumptions: that we can trust our own senses to distinguish reality from fiction. This AI-powered synthetic media technology exploits our deeply ...