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Next thing you know this will be the new expert witness pseudoscience.
Propublica did an article on that.
https://www.propublica.org/article/understanding-junk-science-forensics-criminal-justice
E.g.
Remember this article when you end up on a jury.
Or sitting behind the defense table.
Beat me to the punch, I was saying just as much, considering the history of forensic science in general. It won't be long before they're producing bogus "research" to justify it at a new investigative method.