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Eye-Tracking Could Outshine Passwords If Made User-Friendly
Engineers found in a recent
study that the user's
experience could be key to
creating an authentication
system that doesn't rely on
passwords. ... > full story
Computer Programs Improve Fingerprint Grading
Subjectivity is problematic
when evaluating
fingerprints, and quality is
in the eye of the examiner.
But three computer programs
used together can give
... > full story
Fluorescent Fingerprint Tag Aims to Increase IDs from 'Hidden' Prints on Bullets and Knives
Neutron scattering at ILL
and ISIS delves inside a new
crime scene forensics
technique. The research is
to address the fact that
... > full story
NASA Launches Satellite to Study How Sun's Atmosphere Is Energized
NASA's Interface Region
Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
spacecraft launched Thursday
at 7:27 p.m. PDT (10:27 p.m.
EDT) from Vandenberg Air
... > full story
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Recognizing People by the Way They Walk
July 30, 2013 — Recognizing people by the way they walk can have numerous applications in the fields of security, leisure or medicine. A new technique offers significant advantages as recognition can be done ... > full story -
Social Media, DNA Typing Help Identify Source of Foodborne Strep Outbreak
July 18, 2013 — Facebook posts helped alert public health officials to a strep throat outbreak among a high school dance team in 2012, and DNA fingerprinting led investigators to pasta prepared by a previously ill ... > full story -
CSI-Style DNA Fingerprinting Tracks Down Cause of Cancer Spread
July 15, 2013 — How do stationary cancer cells get the mutations that allow them to travel through the body to seed metastasis? Do they just grow these mutations themselves? Study shows that cancer cells fuse with ... > full story -
The Toll of Growing Up in a Religious Cult
July 12, 2013 — Children who grow up in religious cults face diffiulties not only during their childhood, but also after leaving the ... > full story -
ID Got You, Under the Skin
July 11, 2013 — Forget fingerprints or iris recognition, the next big thing in biometrics will be a thermal imaging scan that maps the blood vessels under the skin of your face for instantaneous face recognition ... > full story -
The Inverse CSI Effect in the Age of Digital Crime
July 9, 2013 — The "CSI Effect" has been described as being an increased expectation from jurors that forensic evidence will be presented in court that is instantaneous and unequivocal because that is how it is ... > full story -
Turtles Have Fingerprints? New Genetic Technique Reveals Paternity and More
June 24, 2013 — For 220 million years they have roamed the seas, denizens of the bustling coral reef and the vast open ocean. Each year, some emerge from the pounding surf onto moonlit beaches to lay their eggs. ... > full story -
New Method 700 Times Faster Than the Norm for Magnifying Digital Images
June 21, 2013 — Scientists have developed new methods for improving two of the most widespread means used in digital image processing: magnification and thresholding. The new algorithm to magnify images stands out ... > full story -
Facial-Recognition Technology Proves Its Mettle
May 24, 2013 — In a study that evaluated some of the latest in automatic facial recognition technology, researchers were able to quickly identify one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects from law enforcement ... > full story -
NASA's IRIS Mission Readies for a New Challenge
May 21, 2013 — NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission, a mission to observe a largely unexplored region of the solar atmosphere that powers its dynamic million-degree outer atmosphere and drives the solar ... > full story
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