Fingerprints are among the most distinctive features of human biology, serving as enduring identifiers for individuals and as windows into genetic and developmental processes. The three major ...

Fingerprints, as most of us know, are composed of whorls, loops, and arches. But keep zooming in, and you’ll find tiny, tiny sweat pores arranged in patterns equally unique. Scientists in Korea have ...

Fingerprints are as fascinating as the iris, a part of the eye. Just as the iris, they can be used to identify someone. That is why they are crucial when applying for a national identification card ...

My understanding is that fingerprints are formed whilst the baby is growing in the womb, as a result of ebbing and flowing of the amniotic fluid around the fetus. If this is the case why are such ...

Genes make us who we are—but are they shaped by chance, natural selection, or something else?

A new fingerprinting technique that uses long-lived luminescent nanoparticles provides sharp images of otherwise invisible prints (Anal. Chem. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03003). The method ...