Despite the vast quantity of fingerprint treatments currently available, examiners continue to be frustrated by a number of ‘difficult’ substrates. Multi-coloured and densely patterned backgrounds, ...

Spirulina, a substance extracted from naturally occurring algae, is non-toxic and fluoresces brightly in the infrared and once ground to a fine powder, is ideal for dusting fingerprints. Most ...

I am a nanomaterials researcher who is passionate about finding ways to transform everyday waste into something useful. I use agricultural by-products to develop materials that can both clean polluted ...

The detection and use of latent fingerprints have been part of the bedrock of forensic science since the 19 th century. Image Credit: Prath/Shutterstock.com In terms of forensic science, there are ...

A new fingerprinting technique that uses long-lived luminescent nanoparticles provides sharp images of otherwise invisible prints (Anal. Chem. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03003). The method ...