A new DNA machine could help solve crimes more quickly and more easily. It's also a new frontier without much in the way of rules. David Kaye, law professor at Penn State Law School, forensics expert.

“It’s groundbreaking to have it in the police department,” said Detective Glenn Vandegrift of the Bensalem Police Department. “If we can do it, any department in the country can do it.” Bensalem, a ...

This year, the FBI will roll out a national Rapid DNA network with police using portable DNA testing in a “magic box” the size of a desktop printer. These magic boxes can analyze a swab, produce a ...

(Nanowerk News) DNA boxes to encapsulate nanomaterials have been constructed by Japanese researchers ("Design and construction of a box-shaped 3D-DNA origami" – free access article). Assembling DNA ...

A new DNA machine could help solve crimes more quickly and more easily. It’s also a new frontier without much in the way of rules. Lisa Holder, interim legal director for the Equal Justice Society in ...

The federal government aggressively supports the effort through funding and legislation as it hopes to expand the coverage of its national DNA databank. The appeal of speedy DNA results is ...