Forensics

Cheating athletes may be on the cusp of being able to enhance their sports performance through gene modification. But could we ever know?

Since 1968, 142 summer Olympic Games medal results have been impacted by doping violations, with 74 percent of those identified retrospectively

The latest mass spec and ion mobility advances enabling the identification of “novel” – potentially performance enhancing – substances

How a new approach to imaging could help forensics scientists retrieve fingerprints from tricky bullet casings

Once stowed away in an abandoned well, analysis of a Hominin fossil suggests we’ve found a long-lost sister lineage

Multi-isotope analysis of teeth hints at a multicultural crew on Britain's infamous Tudor vessel

How hyperspectral imaging unlocked the secrets of a severely degraded Jewish parchment

Analysis of a black spot casts new light on the final hours of a deadly Danish Expedition

How can we reliably study blood-covered fingerprints? One team may have found an answer

Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” is beginning to show its age - spectroscopy can tell us how to better protect it