Bacteria to Be Used as New Forensics Tool

For many years, forensics experts have been using fingerprints, and more recently DNA tests, as evidence in courtrooms. Many perpetrators were captured because they accidentally left behind the trace of one of their fingers on a random object, but now their leeway for error is about to get ev... [ read more >> ]

Bacterial swabs could become a new forensics technology in the near future

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Bacterial swabs could become a new forensics technology in the near future