Storing data for a significant stretch of time is a trickier task than it might seem. Paper and film can last a few generations if they’re carefully preserved, but even under the best conditions they ...

Laser labels are the new face of fruit in some European countries, and the high-tech labeling could be coming to more U.S. markets too. The technology uses a carbon dioxide laser to etch a brand name ...

When is a line not a line? When it’s a series of tiny dots, of course! The line is actually tiny, laser-etched craters, 0.25 mm center-to-center. That’s the technique [Ed Nisley] used to create a ...

Oregonians could start receiving newly designed driver’s license and identification cards this month, part of what state transportation officials are calling the biggest overhaul of the ID cards since ...