New technique excels at lifting fingerprints from shell casings

By A Mystery Man Writer

It would be great if forensics teams could easily lift fingerprints off of bullet casings left at crime scenes, but unfortunately doing so is often quite difficult. A new technique developed at the University of Nottingham could change that.

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