Scientists Can Guess Your Ancestry from Your Fingerprints

Scientists Can Guess Your Ancestry from Your Fingerprints

Apparently, our fingerprints reveal if we're black or white

  • Sci Pry
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 12th, 2015
Real-Life CSI: How to Tell How Old Fingerprints Are

Real-Life CSI: How to Tell How Old Fingerprints Are

This could help actual police investigations

Watch: How Our Fingerprints Form, as Explained by Science

Watch: How Our Fingerprints Form, as Explained by Science

Our prints are unique, not even twin brothers or sisters have identical patterns of lines on their fingers

Genetic Signature of Cancer Stem Cells Found

Genetic Signature of Cancer Stem Cells Found

New treatments could soon emerge against numerous types of cancer

  • Sci Pry
  • By Smaranda Biliuti
  • October 11th, 2010
'Fingerprinting' People by Their Ears

'Fingerprinting' People by Their Ears

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2009
Fingerprints May Be Aiding the Touch Sensation

Fingerprints May Be Aiding the Touch Sensation

They could be increasing subsurface tension

Fingerprint Technology Can Identify Even Ravaged Prints

Fingerprint Technology Can Identify Even Ravaged Prints

It is being happily embraced by the building industry

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 30th, 2009
New, 3D Fingerprinting System Requires No Contact

New, 3D Fingerprinting System Requires No Contact

Finding the bad guys becomes faster and easier

Fingerprint Ridges Do Not Improve Grip

Fingerprint Ridges Do Not Improve Grip

Their contribution to friction is negligible

  • Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • June 3rd, 2009
Central Interference: Gamers Fingerprinted for Used Games Trading

Central Interference: Gamers Fingerprinted for Used Games Trading

Police state right around the corner

New Fingerprint Identification Technique Devised

New Fingerprint Identification Technique Devised

Experts are very satisfied with it

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 6th, 2009
Brain Patterns Are the New Standard in Biometrics

Brain Patterns Are the New Standard in Biometrics

Retinal scans and fingerprinting are obsolete

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 12th, 2009
Swiss Army Knives Upgraded with Bluetooth Capability

Swiss Army Knives Upgraded with Bluetooth Capability

The knives also carry integrated fingerprint-recognition abilities

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 5th, 2008
UK DNA Database Stores Samples Illegally

UK DNA Database Stores Samples Illegally

Two people sued the government and won

  • Sci Pry
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • September 10th, 2008
Cards Replaced by Fingerprints or Eye Scans

Cards Replaced by Fingerprints or Eye Scans

Don't lose your fingers and eyes – you may need them for shopping