9/2/2005 3:24:19 PM
New 'Alien Nanofiber?Has Potential Anti-Counterfeiting Applications
 
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.

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