Scientists have developed a new type of electronic skin that mimics the uniqueness of human fingerprints—except it’s even ...

The likelihood of two human fingerprints being identical is extremely low—about 1 in 640 billion. Even identical twins, ...

Now, a paper published February 9 in Cell has solved the mystery, revealing not only the process by which fingerprints are formed, but also the genes responsible. And, it turns out, our distinctive ...

Males and females leave different levels and compositions of amino acids in their fingerprints. Previous studies had used the amino acid composition in fingerprints to differentiate between the two, ...

Abstract Irreproducible wrinkling, characterized by randomly arranged ridges or creases on material surfaces, has significant potential for ...

He and the experts were shocked to discover that the fingerprints on the ET-like corpses were in perfectly straight lines.

Other animals have bumps and ridges that correspond to human fingerprints, although humans can move their fingers with greater dexterity, Loeb said. There is evidence that these mechanical and ...

In our study, we compared these connectivity fingerprints across the human, chimpanzee, and macaque monkey brain. The chimpanzee is, together with the bonobo, our closest living relative.

Like human fingerprints, no two Silicon Fingerprints are the same. The technology may also be used as a substitute for barcoding in certain applications. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

Police agencies in King County rely on a regional database containing fingerprints of nearly 1 million individuals to help ...