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.

This software is called Cluster-Based analysis of CpG methylation (CluBCpG)." As one validation, the researchers used CluBCpG to analyze WGBS datasets from two types of human immune cells, B cells and ...

(The Conversation) — Few objects in the world are more immediately recognizable than the barcode. After all, barcodes are all around us — more than 6 billion are scanned every single day. They’re on ...

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