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New technology enabling scientists to identify origins of illegal timber (nature.com)
54 points by kulu2002 2639 days ago
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Fascinating article, but it's not some miracle tech somewhere. Just powerful, tried-and-true techniques combined with a hell of a lot of grunt work collecting and characterizing thousands of samples. Most of this stuff is still expensive, time-consuming lab work, not like a tricorder you point at a log that spits out a location. Soon, hopefully!