We all know that we have lots of bacteria on our bodies, but did you know that each of us has a unique bacterial “signature?” Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have created a technique which matches the personal […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has developed new equipment that can compare the fingerprints of illegal immigrants against the FBI’s finger print database and produce results in a much shorter time frame than before. A month after the IAFIS was established […]
In 2011, China modified the Resident Identity Card law to require their citizens to register their fingerprints. The aim of this legislation is two-fold: to introduce a faster and more reliable manner of identification, and to reduce the counterfeiting and […]
The Transportation Security Administration has created a new Pre-Check program that any American citizen can apply for. This program allows for expedited airport screening such as that found at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, and the application requires […]
When all the leads in a crime investigation seem to point nowhere, the trail is said to have gone cold and the case is deemed a “cold case.” In recent years, thanks to different technologies, many cold cases are now […]