QR codes are a type of barcode, or scannable pattern, that contain various forms of data, like website links, account information, and phone numbers.

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 ...

Advances in sequencing technologies have accelerated the discovery of the genetic causation of diseases and new cell types. This revolution has also given rise to a new technique known as genetic ...

The scientists met yesterday (May 1) and are meeting today (May 2) at the New York Botanical Garden to discuss an effort to barcode - or identify using short, standardized stretches of genetic ...

Seconding a recent directive by the national taxpayer advocate, all 14 Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee wrote IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig to recommend that the Service implement ...

The increase in illegal logging and timber trade of CITES-listed tropical species necessitates the development of unambiguous identification methods at the species level. For these methods to be fully ...