Biometric News

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Barriers to the Use of Fingerprint Evidence in Court Is Unlocked by Statistical Model

Posted December 14, 2011:

• New Test Could Help Track Down and Prosecute Terrorists Who Use Nerve Gas and Other Agents

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Catching Terrorists: Backpacks, Not the Bombs Inside, Key to Finding DNA

Posted December 7, 2011:

• New Biometric Data Standard Adds DNA, Footmarks and Enhanced Fingerprint Descriptions

Posted October 14, 2011:

• The Future of Airport Passport Control

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Computer Vision Experts Develop 'Questionable Observer Detector'

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Scanner Spies Document Secrets

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Pioneering Fingermark Technology Uses Mass Spectrometry Imaging to Provide Crime Scene Investigators With Key Extra Details

Posted July 6, 2011:

• Nano Detector for Deadly Anthrax

Posted May 23, 2011:

• Particle Trap Paves Way for Personalized Medicine

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Dusting for Fingerprints -- It Ain't CSI

Posted April 12, 2011:

• Forensics: Developing a Tool for Identification -- Even Using Very Degraded DNA Samples

Posted March 3, 2011:

• Method Developed to Match Police Sketch, Mug Shot: Algorithms and Software Will Match Sketches With Mugshots in Police Databases

Posted February 19, 2011:

• Enhancing Nuclear Security

Posted February 8, 2011:

• Fingerprint Makes Computer Chips Counterfeit-Proof

Posted January 31, 2011:

• Forensic Breakthrough: Recovering Fingerprints on Fabrics Could Turn Clothes Into Silent Witnesses

Posted January 19, 2011:

• Converting 2-D Photo Into 3-D Face for Security Applications and Forensics

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Your Genome in Minutes: New Technology Could Slash Sequencing Time

Posted December 10, 2010:

• Breakthrough Towards Lab-on-Chip System for Fast Detection of Single Nucleotide Variations in DNA

Posted November 30, 2010:

• World's Fastest Camera Takes a New Look at Biosensing

Posted November 29, 2010:

• Fitting a Biological Nanopore Into an Artificial One, New Ways to Analyze DNA

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Age Estimation from Blood Has Immediate Forensic Application

Posted October 26, 2010:

• New Software Brings Facial-Recognition Technology to Mobile Phones

Posted October 25, 2010:

• How to Avoid Fraud in Biometric Identification

Posted October 21, 2010:

• Towards Better Explosives Detectors

Posted October 20, 2010:

• Forensic Metal Fingerprinting: Simple, Handheld Device Which Can Measure Corrosion on Machine Parts

Posted October 5, 2010:

• Voice Phishing: System to Trace Telephone Call Paths Across Multiple Networks Developed

Posted September 24, 2010:

• Biometric ID Technologies 'Inherently Fallible,' New Report Finds

Posted September 8, 2010:

• Twins Are Intriguing Research Subjects for Biometircs Researchers

Posted August 4, 2010:

• Fast Forensic Test Can Match Suspects' DNA With Crime Samples in Four Hours

Posted August 3, 2010:

• Faster DNA Analysis at Room Temperature

Posted July 30, 2010:

• Body of Evidence: New Fast, Reliable Method to Detect Gravesoil

Posted May 19, 2010:

• Low-Cost, Ultra-Fast DNA Sequencing Brings Diagnostic Use Closer

Posted May 11, 2010:

• New Method Developed to Capture Fingerprints on Difficult Surfaces

Posted May 7, 2010:

• Minilab Can Quickly Identify Antibiotic Residues in Milk, Before It Leaves the Barn

Posted May 5, 2010:

• New Detection Technology Identifies Bacteria, Viruses, Other Organisms Within 24 Hours

Posted April 26, 2010:

• 'Good Vibrations' Help in Research Into New Bioactive Metal Complexes

Posted April 23, 2010:

• Passwords Are Passé But Biometrics Are Not Mobile

Posted April 22, 2010:

• Biosensor Chip Enables High-Sensitivity Protein Analysis for Disease Diagnosis

Posted April 9, 2010:

• ODD Solution to Bomb Scares: Optical Dynamic Detection Provides Better Way to Detect Explosives

Posted March 15, 2010:

• New Hand Bacteria Study Holds Promise for Forensics Identification

Posted March 11, 2010:

• New Imaging Technology Brings Trace Chemicals Into Focus

Posted March 8, 2010:

• New Research Advances Voice Security Technology

Posted January 6, 2010:

• How People Work ... and the Fingerprint Mystery

Posted December 2, 2009:

• Experimental Validation Tool for Cell Phone Forensics Developed

Posted November 18, 2009:

• 'Fingerprinting' RFID Tags: Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting Technology

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Video Fingerprinting Offers Search Solution

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Improving Security With Face Recognition Technology

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