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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Federal, state and local agencies have reached consensus on the first validated national standard for collecting, packaging and transporting samples of visible powders that are suspected of being ...

Nitazenes, less detectable and sometimes stronger than fentanyl, have been detected across more than a dozen states.

An elemental examination of an item discovered during an inquiry might provide important information about its origin and history. However, since the item itself may need to be produced as evidence, ...

MIAMI (CBS4) - As soon as someone commits a crime, investigators begging their search for clues. Now, FIU researchers here in South Florida think they are breaking ground in forensic science. "What we ...

Police forensics labs received over 500 000 samples for testing over an 18 month period with over 200 00 being processed this year. South Africa’s DNA and ballistics analysis laboratories will start ...