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The National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Group is honoring NIST for a software archive that has proven highly valuable to digital forensic
Most New Yorkers may not realize it, but their first responders are better equipped for search and hazmat operations thanks, in part, to standard test methods
Forensic DNA analysts are invited to participate in a webinar on DNA mixture interpretation on Wednesday, May 28, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. ET. The National
Registration is now open for the free NIST Mobile Forensics Workshop and Webcast to be held Wednesday, June 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the National
Nerve agents are among the world's most feared chemical weapons, but scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications from members of the forensic science, criminal justice and academic research
The application process for positions in the new NIST Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) is now open. NIST is welcoming members of the forensic
Join digital evidence experts from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and partners for the NIST Mobile Forensics Workshop and Webcast on June 18
Seattle, Wash. – Forensic scientists from around the world flocked here in mid-February for a professional association meeting that was as intriguing as a
The NIST forensics science team is holding a public presentation and live webcast on its new Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) at the American
What's new in forensic science research? NIST scientists will be presenting recent research results – from fingerprint examination to biological evidence
NIST forensic science experts presented a plan for a new Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) at the first meeting of the National Commission on
Toolmark identification is an important forensic discipline where scrape and impression marks found at a crime scene are used to identify the type, brand, or
By adapting superconducting technology used in advanced telescope cameras, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a
Investigators and first responders can find the latest recommendations on crime scene investigations in the newly updated Crime Scene Investigation, a Guide for
Three-dimensional (3D) scanners used at crime scenes for forensic investigations are not just the stuff of prime time television. Investigators and crime
While television may portray forensic science as able to distill the most complex crime scenes in under an hour, real life forensic lab workers know the limits
May 15, 2013 – A sign points the way to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's new Robot Test Facility in Gaithersburg, Md., where engineers
A new handbook by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provides
On April 12, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted a workshop for DNA Analysts at its Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus, which was
SAVE THE DATE The National Research Council (NRC), through a grant sponsored by NIST OLES, is organizing a workshop: Thursday, June 20, 2013National Academy of
On November 28 -30, 2012, NIST hosted the Forensics@NIST symposium at its Gaithersburg, Maryland campus. The symposium featured three days of presentations and
Online registration is now open for Forensics@NIST 2012, a three-day symposium on cutting-edge forensic science research being performed at NIST. The symposium
Thanks to a new reference standard developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), law enforcement agencies will have an easier time
At a time when the reliability of crime lab findings is under increasing scrutiny, PML researchers have provided law enforcement with an important new tool for