DNA evidence is not an infallible tool for criminal investigations, experts have warned. Interpretation of samples can be highly subjective and prone to error, a study has found. The incredibly small ...

Engineers at Duke University and the New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering have demonstrated a method for ensuring that an increasingly popular method of genetic identification called ...

DNA. It's what makes you unique. Unless you have an identical twin, your DNA is different from that of every other person in the world. And that's what makes DNA fingerprinting possible. Experts can ...

The use of DNA fingerprinting in criminal investigations is no longer a scene from the hit TV series CSI. In many countries DNA fingerprinting is used as a tool in routine criminal investigations. DNA ...

The scientist who discovered the DNA fingerprint has been announced as the winner of the Edinburgh Medal. Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys has become the 22nd person, three of whom have gone on to become ...

A tenacious retired detective and advances in photo recognition technology helped Suffolk County cops make an arrest in the brutal cold case killing of a beloved 88-year-old widow 21 years ago, ...