A research team with members from ETH Zurich has discovered a new method for turning nearly any object into a data storage unit. This makes it possible to save extensive data in, say, shirt buttons, ...

Researchers who hold the world record for storing and retrieving data in DNA explain how the building blocks of life can be used to hold digital information as well.

Next we have to actually do it. Storing the data After determining what order the letters should go in, the DNA sequences are manufactured letter by letter with chemical reactions.

Encoding information in DNA has long seemed like a promising way to secure data for the long term, but so far it has required an expert touch.

Researchers who hold the world record for storing and retrieving data in DNA explain how the building blocks of life can be used to hold digital information as well.

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Researchers at Microsoft have developed a faster way to write data into DNA — a biological alternative to the bits on a hard drive.

From smartphones to supercomputers, the growing need for smaller and more energy efficient devices has made higher density data storage one of the most important technological quests. Now scientists ...

3,500 films or 1.75 million songs can be stored on a single, small glass disk. Microsoft is currently developing the data storage of the future.