New "Alien Nanofiber" Has Potential for Anti-Counterfeiting

oeMagazine Newscast, 1 Sep 2005 Under a powerful microscope it looks like an alien -- something out of Roswell, N.M., or "The X-Files." But a brand-new, tiny fiber dubbed the "alien nanofiber," co-invented by a North Carolina State University textiles professor and a chemical engineering professor from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, has the potential to become a big deterrent to counterfeiters. Read more