The arrest and abrupt release of an American lawyer who was initially linked by fingerprints to the deadly train bombing in Madrid may reflect the limitations of computerized fingerprint matching, ...

Jan. 14 -- We carry around unique maps of swirls and ridges on our fingertips, and judges and juries have been using them for almost a century to decide innocence and guilt. Because no two people have ...

JASON: NOW ON SUNRISE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EVERYONE HAS WHICH SETS THEM APART FROM OTHERS IS A FINGERPRINT. MEREDITH: THEY CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE, HELP US GRAB THINGS AND EVEN FOR ART ...

Fingerprint authentication systems are a widely trusted, ubiquitous form of biometric authentication, deployed on billions of smartphones and other devices worldwide. Yet a new study reveals a ...

In 2016, a jury convicted Audrey Cannon of burglary after police said she broke into a house in Northeast Portland. Forensic investigators with the Portland Police Bureau linked Cannon to the crime ...

For more than a century, the police have relied on fingerprint evidence to catch and convict criminals. But some recent court cases have challenged the authority of fingerprint experts, and questioned ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Fingerprints can tell a lot more about people — what they’ve touched, what they’ve eaten, what drugs they’ve taken — than just their identities. Now, a new analytic tool could make it easier to spot ...

Traditional methods for obtaining fingerprints, which involve powders, liquids or vapors, can destroy the print for further analysis. A new technique uses X-rays to detect salts from a person's sweat.

An EPFL scientist has pinpointed the signs of brain activity that make up our brain fingerprint, which -- like our regular fingerprint -- is unique. "I think about it every day and dream about it at ...