Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Finding new ways to catch a thief—via intruders' airborne eDNA

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly being investigated by forensic scientists as a tool to help solve criminal cases that lack biological traces—and attention is also turning to collecting trace airborne eDNA left behind by intruders in residential burglaries.

Finding new ways to catch a thief—via intruders' airborne eDNA
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly being investigated by forensic scientists as a tool to help solve criminal cases that lack biological traces—and attention is also turning to collecting trace airborne eDNA left behind by intruders in residential burglaries.

Originally published at Phys.org

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