You’ve had your own personal set of fingerprints since before you were born, and they’ll be with you throughout your whole ...

Patterns in nature can be seen every day, yet in many cases, little is understood about how and why they form. Now University of Arizona mathematicians have found a way to predict natural patterns, ...

A group of Orange High School students in Sandra Drvenkar’s forensics classes recently learned about fingerprint patterns and how to identify them.

Fingerprints are as fascinating as the iris, a part of the eye. Just as the iris, they can be used to identify someone. That is why they are crucial when applying for a national identification card ...

Long before memory forms, the hands already carry a permanent signature that everyone carries around. Fingertips develop ...

Scientists have finally figured out how those arches, loops and whorls formed on your fingertips. While in the womb, fingerprint-defining ridges expand outward in waves starting from three different ...

Fingerprints are among the most distinctive features of human biology, serving as enduring identifiers for individuals and as windows into genetic and developmental processes. The three major ...

Now that they're in smartphones, fingerprint scanners seem to be everywhere, but what's really going on behind the scenes when they're scanned?

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Fingerprints are as fascinating as the iris, a part of the eye. Just as the iris, they can ...

Patterns in nature can be seen every day, yet in many cases, little is understood about how and why they form. Now University of Arizona mathematicians have found a way to predict natural patterns, ...