You probably keep a backup of important personal files, photos, and videos on a flash drive or external hard drive. In the not-too-distant future, you might store ...

Scientists Can Now Store Digital Images in DNA The amount of data in the digital universe — including vast collections of computer files, historic archives, movies, photo collections, and other ...

A zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes. That’s a lot—but, according to one estimate, humanity will produce a hundred and eighty zettabytes of digital data this year. It all adds up: PowerPoints and ...

Scientists have recently discovered an innovative approach to data storage by harnessing the natural capabilities of DNA. This groundbreaking method promises to revolutionize how we store vast amounts ...

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Two images were stored in and retrieved from DNA sequences, showcasing how the crucial genetic molecule can also can be used for data storage. Reading time 3 minutes Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the ...

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The world is producing more data than we can store, but a solution could be the very molecule that contains our genetic code. Reading time 3 minutes The world has a data problem. Each day, we created ...

Microsoft just made history as the company created a significant breakthrough in using artificial DNA to store data and information. The company operated with the University of Washington's Molecular ...

DNA could have more of a use case than just being the backbone of all living things (as if that wasn’t enough already). Scientists have known for years that DNA could store seriously vast amounts of ...

Humanity generates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data -- enough to max out the storage capacity of about 40 million iPhones -- every day. Much of it gets stored "in the cloud," meaning it's saved in ...