Michael Pollitt | freelance technology journalist

As a follow-up to Forensic science’s magic bullet (28 August 2008), my story in the Guardian today – Bullets hold the key in Bond’s unique view to a kill – takes another look at the remarkable work by forensic scientist John Bond to recover fingerprints from shell casings.

Can you recover fingerprints from a brass cartridge that was fired 14 years ago? My story today – Forensic science’s magic bullet – in technology Guardian shows how.

A new way of ‘unwarping’ fingerprints offers faster recognition in my story – A better way to digitise prints – in today’s technology Guardian