'Holy Grail' Forensics Breakthrough Lifts Fingerprints From Bullet Cases

'Holy Grail' Forensics Breakthrough Lifts Fingerprints From Bullet Cases

Finding a fingerprint on the casing of a fired bullet was once a nearly impossible task. But scientists have at last achieved a breakthrough. Researchers at Maynooth University in Ireland have now shown they can recover human fingerprints from super-heated bullet cases. Even better, the prints appear at the "highest level of detail", including pores and ridges. The details could be sufficient to identify a shooter, although in experiments, the b…