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New Guide Details Steps from A-to-Z for Preserving Biological Evidence
Release Date: 04/30/2013 A new handbook by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Justice’s National Institute of … more
NFI Publishes White Paper on Trends, Challenges and Strategy in Forensic Science
Release Date: 04/09/2013 The role of forensic science throughout the world is changing due to recent technological development. Whereas forensic science has traditionally … more
NIST Guides Seek Interoperability for Automated Fingerprint ID Systems
Release Date: 03/20/2013 A new set of publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could make it easier, faster, and most importantly, more … more
NIST Biometric Workshop Studies Voice, Dental, Oral Standards
Release Date: 01/14/2013 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop to discuss proposed supplements to the biometric data format … more
Forensics@NIST 2012 Webcast Now Available
Release Date: 01/07/2013 On November 28 -30, 2012, NIST hosted the Forensics@NIST symposium at its Gaithersburg, Maryland campus. The symposium featured three days of … more
Save the Date for DNA Analyst Training on Mixture Interpretation
Release Date: 01/07/2013 On Friday, April 12, 2013, NIST will host a free, one-day workshop on interpreting forensic DNA mixtures in casework. Participants may attend this … more
Register For Forensics@NIST
Release Date: 09/19/2012 Online registration is now open for Forensics@NIST 2012, a three-day symposium on cutting-edge forensic science research being … more
Report Details Efforts to Improve, Advance Indoor Microbial Sampling
Release Date: 05/29/2012 Humans spend greater than 90 percent of their time indoors, but we're never alone there. Bacteria and viruses, scientists estimate, make up … more
Experts Recommend Measures to Reduce Human Error in Fingerprint Analysis
Release Date: 02/21/2012 A new report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice … more
New NIST Biometric Data Standard Adds DNA, Footmarks and Enhanced Fingerprint Descriptions
Release Date: 12/06/2011 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a revised biometric standard in November, 2011, that vastly expands the type … more
The Secret Behind NIST's New Gas Detector? Chirp Before Sniffing
Release Date: 05/10/2011 Trace gas detection, the ability to detect a scant quantity of a particular molecule—a whiff of formaldehyde or a hint of … more
NIST Seeks Improved Recovery of Samples from Biohazard Events
Release Date: 04/26/2011 It may not be as catchy a combination as "Miss Scarlet in the parlor with a revolver," but "polyester-rayon wipes in the field … more
JILA Unveils Improved 'Molecular Fingerprinting' for Trace Gas Detection
Release Date: 10/13/2010 Scientists at JILA and collaborators have demonstrated an improved laser-based "molecular fingerprinting" technique that picks out … more
Showcase - Bio-imaging Technologies (9/2009)
Release Date: 10/06/2009 A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND FEDERAL MARKETPLACE EVENT TEDCO, NIST and NIH Present Bio-imaging Technologies For Commercial Adoption On Tuesday, … more |
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