There have been articles recently detailing four key advancements in forensic science. This one in particular caught my eye: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/advances-in-forensic-science-criminal-investigations/134276/.
The four advancements are detailed as being: the preservation of bone proteins, a simpler way to view fingerprints, focusing on proteomes in forensic science, and the development of a new hand held device to instantly detect compounds.
What do you think about these advancements? Do you think any of these stand out as being more beneficial to the field of forensic science than the others?
Great post and some interesting developments within forensic science.
The usefulness of these techniques will very much depend on the case in question. I love the detection of proteins within bone fragments to narrow down when a person died, and thus will be really useful to solve historical crimes.
One development that really excited me to post a month or two back was the development of extracting DNA from the air. This seemed very sci-fi to me, but the researchers did actually manage to capture mammalian DNA from the air. One might imagine how useful this will be to walk into a room with a portable machine that can detect DNA and match to any individuals that had been there to commit a crime.
Many exciting developments taking place.