Fingerprints Provide Clues To More Than Just Identity
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 13:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Fingerprints can reveal critical evidence, as well as an identity, with the use of a new technology that detects trace amounts of explosives, drugs or other materials left behind in the prints. The new technology also can distinguish between overlapping fingerprints left by different individuals -- a difficult task for current optical forensic methods.
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