When someone mentions counterfeiting, it brings up images of money, watches or DVDs. It certainly doesn't make honey spring to mind, yet honey smuggling and counterfeiting is an international problem involving hundreds of millions of dollars. In an effort to combat this, the European Space Agency (ESA) is funding a demonstration project to adopt lasers designed to study the Martian atmosphere, to detect fake honey... Continue Reading Laser device designed for Mars unmasks counterfeit honey
Section: Science and Education
Tags: Counterfeiting, ESA, Food, Laser
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