With up to 300 million scent receptors, dogs are among the best smell detectors in the animal world. The human nose, by comparison, contains only around 6 million scent receptors. Dog brains also ...

This Special Issue focuses on critical identification cases, as forensic experts increasingly face significant challenges in identifying human remains, both in routine and extraordinary circumstances.

The forensic science field is composed of public and private entities and organizations that range from those that conduct crime scene investigations and medical examinations to state and local ...

Savannah Brown ’22 M.S. (left) and Gabrielle Messe ’22 M.S. present their research. Savannah Brown ’22 M.S. been working on two ongoing research projects. She recently had the opportunity to share her ...

This special issue includes a review article, three original articles, seven short communications, and an opinion article from leading scientists in the field that further the discussion on forensic ...

Forensic spectroscopy has emerged as a pivotal tool in the identification and analysis of body fluids at crime scenes, offering a suite of non‐destructive, rapid, and highly sensitive techniques to ...

File photo of forensic science students in the laboratory (taken before the pandemic). When Summer Li ’20, ’22 M.S. was in her senior year as a forensic science major at the University, she began ...

Forensic entomology is a specialised discipline that investigates the roles and life cycles of insects associated with decomposing remains. This field has evolved from basic observations to ...

The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs awarded grants totaling more than $145 million on January 16 to fund crime laboratories, decrease DNA backlogs, support basic and applied forensic ...

The preeminent Global Forensic and Justice Center (GFJC) at FIU welcomes Jeff Teitelbaum to serve as the FIU Forensic Research Librarian. Teitelbaum will curate and maintain the first permanent ...

ASU's New College and the Arizona Supreme Court are teaming up to advance the field of forensic studies with the new Arizona Supreme Court Center for Forensic Science and Psychology. The Center will ...

Forensic anthropologists analyze skeletal remains to help identify people. A new study highlights how this work, specifically dealing with ancestry, may inadvertently support the idea that racial ...