A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists. Dr Eithne Dempsey, and her recent PhD student Dr ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In October of 1904, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department became the first in the nation to create a fingerprint bureau (inspired in part by ...

Researchers at Maynooth University have achieved a forensic milestone by revealing fingerprints on fired bullet casings using a safe electrochemical process. The method uses mild voltage and non-toxic ...

When you fire a gun, whether it's a shotgun, rifle, pistol, or anything requiring a bullet, a shell casing is ejected or removed. At gun ranges, these spent shell casings are often recovered and ...

Since the dawn of modern fingerprinting, lifting prints from bullet casings has been thought to be impossible due to damage caused by the intense temperatures, gas, and friction of firing a gun. A new ...