Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their ...

The continually expanding toolkit from Mohit Verma's laboratory at Purdue University now includes a portable, paper-based ...

The DNA tissue sample taken from a baby left in an Iowa City landfill in 1992 was so "degraded and contaminated" that ...

A forensics lab in Texas helped restore the name to a once unidentified 1988 Kansas City Metro Jane Doe. “We help to restore identities to the John and Jane Does—these are people that die without ...

Without advanced DNA testing developed by a Texas lab, Iowa City Police investigators may not have been able to identify an ...

This week is National Forensic Science Week, and the Texas Department of Public Safety is celebrating the week by hosting an ...

DNA evidence, with its high-tech luster, often grabs all the headlines. But latent prints, that old-fashioned staple of forensic science, are still a cornerstone of criminal investigations.

Students were invited to go hands-on on Tuesday. Starting with watching a mock crime scene filmed by the state Department of Emergency Services & Public Protection (DESPP). The exercise let them step ...

Researchers have found that nearly three-quarters of the population carry newly identified genetic elements called Inocles, which may influence oral health, immunity, and cancer risk. Researchers at t ...

In a Vermont cheese cave, green mold turned white in just eight years. Genetic shifts reveal how microbes adapt quickly to dark, stable conditions.

Once believed to contain the pesticide DDT, new analysis shows some barrels actually held caustic alkaline waste. In 2020, striking photographs revealed rusted barrels scattered across the seafloor ...

Mohit Verma’s team at Purdue University has added a portable, paper-based biosensor for recognizing genetically modified (GM) ...