A method that uses harmless microorganisms as biological labels could allow consumers to find out which farm grew the salad that made them sick and whether the designer shoes they bought were ...

Barcode technology has become so widespread that many consumers take it for granted, but the technology continues to offer numerous benefits in a wide array of businesses. With only some basic ...

Designed to improve sample tracking and protection, a new barcoded latch rack and wireless barcode reader enhance Thermo Fisher Scientific’s broad portfolio of automated and semi-automated laboratory ...

The Tracxer Code Reader RD235 CRYO offers a high-end solution for scanning whole racks with 2D Data-Matrix or TraXis coded tubes. Featuring a CCD image sensor the new reader provides unmatched high ...

In the first study of its kind, researchers studied how hospital nurses actually use bar-coded technology that matches the right patient with the right dose of the right medication. The surprising ...

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Does it make economic sense to switch to bar-coded currency? One multi-disciplinary research group certainly thinks so. The group’s study has made out a case for bar coding of currency to address a ...

Bio: Skees was born and raised in Birmingham, Ala. Skees is a third-year graduate student working on his masters in studio art with a focus on printmaking. What: “”Coded,”” an exhibit in the Lionel ...