data storage
Scientists Stored This Famous Japanese Painting in Protein Molecules
According to researchers, using this method, the entire contents of the New York Public Library could be stored within a teaspoon of protein molecules.
Citizens of Space ‘Nation’ Asgardia Are Already Violating Earthly Laws
The organization plans to launch a data-filled satellite later this year. Already, some of its 'citizens' are uploading copyrighted files to the satellite's website.
Scientists Can Now Store Digital Data in DNA With 100 Percent Accuracy
When CDs and USBs just won’t cut it.
A $2.5 Million Book Heist Proves the Printed Page Is Still Sacred
160 reasons why we cherish antiquarian tomes.
Physicists Achieve Atomic Data Storage
A new memory technology could pack the entire Library of Congress into a .1 mm-wide cube.
'Eternal' Data Storage Is Here
5D memory will ensure that the universe never forgets its short-lived human residents.
How Sci-Fi Invented the Superman Memory Crystal
From Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, to Jedi Holocrons, to… your office?
One Day a Forest Could Store All of Humanity’s Knowledge
Scientists are encoding data into the DNA of trees.
Enterprise Hard Drives Aren't Worth Paying More For
If you're paying three times as much to buy reliability, you're paying for nothing.
Magnetic Tape Is Still Our Best Hope of Preserving Human History
The future of human history has a problem: Digital information is even more ephemeral than the physical world.