Radioactive substances leave electron ‘fingerprints’ behind

New forensics technique could help solve nuclear whodunits

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WRITING ON THE WALL A new type of radiation detection could make it much harder to keep radioactive material under wraps.  

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Walls can’t talk, but scientists can now read stories written in their subatomic particles. And that could make it harder to store radioactive material in secret.