DNA analysis of cultural artifacts shows diverse biological profiles, but contamination and mixed signals complicate historical lineage interpretation.

The tech, known as Y-STR profiling, is used to pick out tiny amounts of material left behind by a male attacker which would ...

Here is the arrest warrant for the Brown University gunman, whom the authorities identified as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente. Mr. Valente was found dead Thursday in a storage unit in New Hampshire.

An international team of scientists has, for the first time, applied a minimally invasive genetic analysis technique to ...

Prosecutors narrowed in on DNA evidence on day seven of Brian Walshe’s trial, with witnesses detailing the process of analyzing samples from blood-stained slippers to a hacksaw and hatchet. “The DNA ...

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Thursday, the 1983 rape conviction of Richard Luna was vacated after recent DNA testing of evidence collected at the time proved the perpetrator was someone else.

The precise biological process behind the increased risk of melanoma previously remained unclear, and the study found the use of indoor tanning beds led to a nearly threefold increase in melanoma risk ...

In mid-December, the 20-year-old Minneapolis resident was walking through the city’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood when federal immigration officers stopped him. He offered to show identification. They ...

A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial ...

A comprehensive breakdown of all the prospects you should be watching for the remainder of the college football playoffs.