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 ...

How the unique arrays of swirls, arches, and loops on the tips of our fingers form is a longstanding scientific enigma. Now, a paper published in Cell has solved the mystery, revealing not only the ...

The study was conducted by a team of international scientists comprising those from Shanghai, Australia, UK, USA, and India Chandana Basu, scientist from Centre for Genetic Disorders, Institute of ...

Many of us rely on using our fingerprints to unlock our phones and pay for shopping. But smartphone fingerprint scanners may not be secure as we think. Researchers have developed a series of ...

A Banaras Hindu University (BHU) scientist, Dr Chandana, is one of the scientists who have found that fingerprint patterns in humans are determined by limb development genes. The study was conducted ...

In the most comprehensive analysis to date, researchers found that the shapes of fingerprints—whether they are circular, wavy, or winding—are influenced by the genes responsible for limb development ...

Human-caused climate change has “intensified” patterns of extreme rainfall and drought across the globe, a new study finds. There is a detectable “human fingerprint” on decreasing rainfall over the US ...

A groundbreaking AI study has uncovered hidden patterns in fingerprints that could upend over a century of forensic science.

Biometric authentication has become a core part of modern identity verification. From digital onboarding and access control ...