HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Houston Forensic Science Center analyst has been fired for failing routine quality assurance tests. Those test results now call into question the work she has done on ...

You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists ...

Delaware cleared a backlog of 1,235 kits in 2020, leading to the arrest of nine suspects. A new policy sets timelines to have kits tested. File photo: A forensic analyst works on evidence in a sexual ...

Genevieve Carlton holds a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University and earned tenure at the University of Louisville. Drawing on over 15 years of experience in higher education, Genevieve ...

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And although Axxonet says they’re not in the business of actively selling their technology, Science.org has learned that in the past few years, forensic scientists affiliated with NFSU have been ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — In a windowless room, under fluorescent lights, Edward Sisco thinks about one question. “How do we get them a rapid answer in a safe manner?” he asked. Sisco is a research chemist ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety is recognizing the hardworking men and women of the Crime Laboratory Division during National Forensic Science Week. (Courtesy Photo) Established in 1937, the ...

Alexis Quinter, a forensic chemist at the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education in Horsham, Pennsylvania, performs an extraction process on a batch of drug samples from Trenton, New ...