Scientists have developed a technique for preventing the extraction of finger vein patterns from photographs. The technique involves the wearing of a clear sticker on the finger. It can prevent ...

You might assume that a leaf's vein patterns fork, like tree branches splitting into twigs as they get further from the trunk. But peer carefully and you'll see that the veins make innumerable closed ...

New research may have solved the mystery of how leaf vein patterns correlate with use of sunlight, carbon and other nutrients. This knowledge could help scientists better understand the complex carbon ...

On the heels of its recent development of Finger Vein Authentication Technology, Hitachi is showing off a similar system designed to thwart car thieves. To start the car, the driver needs to slide his ...

Researchers report a developmental model for reconstructing the complex and elaborate vein patterns seen in insect wings. The study of vein formation in insect wings has previously focused on primary ...

Finger-vein readers are to be used by bank customers to access their accounts from next year in a drive by Barclays to combat fraud. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can ...

Finger vein authentication is a biological authentication technique that has become widely used for personal authentication at bank ATMs and elsewhere. Since finger veins lie beneath the skin, ...