New biometric data standard adds DNA, footmarks and enhanced fingerprint descriptions

Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 11:30 in Mathematics & Economics

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a revised biometric standard that vastly expands the type and amount of information that forensic scientists can share across their international networks to identify victims or solve crimes.

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