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Pollen-Coated Sticky Bullets Track a Gunman's DNA

Posted June 20, 2012 8:45 AM

From New Scientist - Online news:

A dusting of lily pollen mixed with titanium on a bullet casing can capture DNA and could help forensic teams identify a mystery gunman

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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#1 Re: Pollen-Coated Sticky Bullets Track a Gunman's DNA 06/20/2012 1:59 PM
	__________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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-A- Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 635 Good Answers: 20	#2 Re: Pollen-Coated Sticky Bullets Track a Gunman's DNA 06/21/2012 8:56 AM
	Is this a good thing? Will this drive up the cost of ammunition? Will this make cheap Russian ammo illegal? What about cross contamination from a used magazine? I don't want to go to jail because I sold a box of mags at a gun show or happen to have the wrong combination of house plants and sun tan oil. -A- __________________ question everything
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Tom_Consulting Guru Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 2168 Good Answers: 71	#3 Re: Pollen-Coated Sticky Bullets Track a Gunman's DNA 06/21/2012 9:10 AM
	Interesting technique, not very practical from the stand point of who actually pulled the trigger. It would probably get shot down in court pretty fast? __________________ Tom - "Hoping my ship will come in before the dock rots!"
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