This cutting edge forensic technology is at work today to detect and prevent fraud and error before it happens.

WHITEHOUSE: Moving Aggressively on Improper Payments

Mr Baker said said the labs should be retained and the IT technology used across the forensic services in Scotland improved.

BBC: Forensic services debate

It was not until 1999 that the Forensic Science Service (FSS) developed technology to enable its scientists to find a full DNA profile of Marion's killer.

BBC: A sock belonging to Marion Crofts

He has worked for the UK government and currently advises several FTSE 100 companies about issues including cybersecurity, covert communications and forensic computing through the consultancy Charteris where he is chief technology officer.

BBC: Computer security words in a Scrabble game

In any case, Orchid orch (nasdaq: orch - news - people) is finally starting to make money, thanks to its purchase of GeneScreen technology, which is used for paternity, forensic and medical testing.

FORBES: Orchid Biosciences Not Yet In The Black

Less than a month after I mentioned a new fingerprinting technique using electrostatic charges, forensic scientist Dr. Xanthe Spindler of the University of Technology Sydney in Australia has announced a wildly different new fingerprinting technique.

FORBES: Using Antibodies to Find Old Fingerprints

The House of Commons science and technology committee is conducting an inquiry into the impact of closing the Forensic Science Service (FSS) which analysed crime scene evidence in England and Wales.

BBC: DNA crime-fighting in UK 'lagging behind', experts say

It's a busy morning on Wednesday on the committee corridor, with the Science and Technology Committee (at 9.15am) holding a follow-up session on forensic science follow-up, with witnesses from the Crown Prosecution Service, the Criminal Bar Association and the Law Society.

BBC: Week ahead in committees