Forensic Science Communication: Why It’s Harder Than It Sounds

Earlier this month, ForMAT’s Communication & Dissemination Manager Alina Harbovska and Project Coordinator Ana Freire-Aradas attended the Projects to Policy Seminar in Brussels. The event brought together EU-funded security research projects, representatives from DG HOME, and the Research Executive Agency (REA) for two days of exchange on how research translates into real-world impact. One theme […]
ForSpEC sperm age estimation: a new tool for forensic investigations

This post is an English-language overview of an article originally published in French by Police-Scientifique.com on 18 March 2026. ForSpEC is one of the tools developed within the ForMAT project. When investigators find DNA at a crime scene but have no suspect to match it to, traditional DNA profiling hits a wall. It can confirm […]