Currently, package labels contain certain information – such as barcodes, serial numbers or buyers' addresses – that would be best left unseen by wrongdoers. Newly-developed rewritable labels could ...

Researchers fromSt Petersburg’s ITMO University and the St. Petersburg Academic University have developed a new technology for marking goods. Manufacturers will be able to label electronics, drugs, ...

Most of today's anti-counterfeiting labels have one thing in common: they're visible, meaning that counterfeiters can attempt to replicate their appearance. An experimental new sticker, however, ...

Who guarantees that expensive olive oil isn't counterfeit or adulterated? An invisible label could perform this task. The tag consists of tiny magnetic DNA particles encapsulated in a silica casing ...

The tag consists of tiny magnetic DNA particles encapsulated in a silica casing and mixed with the oil. It was tested for the barcoding of products including food grade oil (extra virgin olive oil), ...