It's crazy how much luminol makes blood glow. It lit up areas that I didn't even see the blood. These were some of coolest ...

Set design’s loss may be criminal justice’s gain. A new technology may eventually replace luminol in detecting traces of blood. In films or television police procedurals, the detectives go in, spray ...

A potential rival to the storied forensics tool luminol has emerged. Researchers show that using a hand steamer in combination with thermal imaging, a visualization technique they term "steam ...

As seen on crime shows, investigators use a combination of luminol and other substances to light up bloodstains at crime scenes. But now, researchers report in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry that ...

The compound that detectives spray at crime scenes to find trace amounts of blood may be used one day to kill the malaria parasite. Luminol glows blue when it encounters the hemoglobin in red blood ...

Inspired by the popular television drama CSI, investigators in the Netherlands have trialed methods used by forensic scientists at crime scenes to highlight infection risks in their hospital.

Forensic investigators examined Kathleen Noble's apartment, finding blood on her bed, on the floor and leading out of the apartment. It appeared she had been dragged off the bed and out the front door ...

Beccy holds a PhD in Biological Science, a Master’s in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors, and a Bachelor’s in Human Biology and Forensic Science.View full profile Beccy holds a PhD in ...

Spritz luminol on your pennies and they’ll glow. Don’t worry! It’s not blood — your penny’s just been framed. We’ve shown you how to make your pennies glow with some heat and some acetone, but pennies ...

Luminol gets trotted out pretty frequently on TV crime shows, but a new technique might someday compete with the storied forensics tool as a police procedural plot device and, perhaps more importantly ...