For half a century, barcodes have provided a uniform approach to inventory management. Using parallel bars of varying widths against a plain background, barcodes assign a unique numerical value to ...

Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Article reviewed by Ninning Liu, PhD from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Similar to retail stores that use standardized ...

Everything has a number put to it. Every item you purchase is assigned a barcode number: A long number with dark bars above ...

Spent the night talking human disease vectors with Daniel Boakye, a Ghanaian biologist (I call him a mosquito man). I'm in Taipei, Taiwan attending the 2nd International Barcode of Life Conference.

I n August 2012, Dr. Ellen Jorgensen flew to Alaska's Skolai Valley to pick wildflowers. A lot of wildflowers, in fact — more than 200 plant samples — were gathered by her and her team from this ...