DNA for data storage

stapp · Dec 5, 2021

Scientists say they have made a major step forward in efforts to store information as molecules of DNA, which are more compact and long-lasting than other options.
The magnetic hard drives we currently use to store computer data can take up lots of space.
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A team in Atlanta, US, has now developed a chip that they say could improve on existing forms of DNA storage by a factor of 100.
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Scientists have said that, if formatted in DNA, every movie ever made could fit inside a volume smaller than a sugar cube.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59489560

ronjor · Oct 16, 2022

How to store data for 1,000 years

By Jocelyn Timperley 9th October 2022
At her home in Paris, Dina Zielinski, a senior scientist in human genomics at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, holds up a tiny vial to her laptop camera for me to see on our video call. It's hard to make out, but she tells me that I should be able to see a mostly clear, light film on the bottom of the vial – this is the DNA.
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But this DNA is special. It does not store the code from a human genome, nor does it come from any animal or virus. Instead, it stores a digital representation of a museum. "That will last easily tens of years, maybe hundreds," says Zielinski.
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EASTER · Oct 16, 2022

stapp said: ↑

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59489560
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It must be awfully advanced to miniaturize and compress to that exacting of science

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