Taking stock of microbiomes has implications for clinical care, but to date, inventory methods have struggled to identify individual microbial species and strains. Existing methods often classify ...

The Department of Environmental Health & Safety has launched a comprehensive campus-wide chemical inventory system. This system has been developed to effectively monitor hazardous chemicals across UAB ...

I'm finding what is both a dizzying array of solutions and a starkly limited marketplace in warehouse and inventory management software and hardware. What do people actually use that works and doesn't ...

Every time you scan an item at the grocery store, you can thank a Cincinnati man for helping to get bar codes on almost ...

The concept of the barcode — an alphabet made up of thick and thin bars — came into being in the 1950s. It took another quarter of a century for one to be printed on product packaging and scanned.

The data contained in a barcode is typically tied to things like a SKU or a purchase order. Once scanned, this data is accessed and displayed for the user to learn more information or take an action.

North Carolina implemented electronic ballot verification after it had to hold a new election in Johnston County in 2007 because too many incorrect ballots were issued. “We’re averting risk, basically ...

The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer—on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. Fifty is ancient for most technologies, but barcodes are still going strong.