Nick Stokes, Sarah Sidle and the gang on CSI should be glad to hear this – Israeli scientists have developed a new method for getting fingerprints from paper surfaces, that is claimed to get better ...

London, May 25 (PTI) Scientists have found an inexpensive way to ‘fingerprint’ paper documents and verify their authenticity using an off-the-shelf camera, a finding that may help reduce the risk of ...

At a quick glance, a sheet of paper may seem very uniform and much like all others. Look closer, however, and you'll see that it's made up of a random jumble of tiny interwoven wood particles.

Fingerprinting official documents could provide a cost-effective way to prevent forgery, new research shows. Scientists from Newcastle University, UK, have found an inexpensive and easy way to ...

A low-cost laser scanning system could help in the fight against document and ID fraud, according to its developers at Imperial College London. The Laser Surface Authentication (LSA) system scans tiny ...

Fast food receipts hold a wealth of forensics information, but the problem is that receipt paper is tough to test. However, research by Douglas County fingerprint expert Angie Olson is working to ...

What you see here is an 8.5×11 piece of paper scanned by an ordinary scanner (with the contrast bumped up). From shots like this one, researchers claim they can “fingerprint” any piece of paper. The ...

Think two blank sheets of paper are the same? Look closer. Researchers at Princeton University and University College London said they can identify unique information, essentially like a fingerprint, ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today published an Apple patent application (via AppleInsider) filed in February of this year which addresses a system for packaging fingerprint sensors alongside ...

A cyber team has found a simple new way to prevent forgery of official documents such as certificates and passports. Fingerprinting official documents could provide a cost-effective way to prevent ...

Think two blank sheets of paper are the same? Look closer. Researchers at Princeton University and University College London say they can identify unique information, essentially like a fingerprint, ...