Fingerprinting is one of the mainstays of forensic science, but despite what we see on TV and in movies, analyzing and matching latent prints is a difficult business and still the province of experts.

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office CSI Supervisor Paulo Santos called it a “game-changer” – a new fingerprint machine that can pick up prints in a fraction of the time and record a 4K image to send ...

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 ...

The old fingerprint scanner was broken, which would have cost the police department more than $20,000 to refurbish. The new fingerprint machine, which was purchased with drug seizure money, cost ...

Fingerprinting has been used for identification dating back to the mid-19th century. However, while we live in a world where biometrics are more important than ever, fingerprinting for infants has ...

MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny holds the wire that was cut from a biometric security scanner that is being installed throughout the MTA. Dennis A. Clark A suspected saboteur cut a cable on a ...

Bacterial identification can take hours and often longer -- precious time when diagnosing infections and selecting appropriate treatments. There may be a quicker, more accurate process. By teaching a ...

Programmers tend to have their own distinct styles, but it's not really feasible to pore over many lines of code looking for telltale cues about a program's author. Now, that might not be necessary.