News DNA data preserved in amber-like polymer by MIT scientists — Jurassic Park inspires new long-term 'T-REX' preservation method

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New DNA storage method based on Jurassic Park stores DNA in an amber-like polymer. Unlike previous styles which freeze DNA or embed it in silica, the amber method is easy to embed and extract, and is highly scalable.

DNA data preserved in amber-like polymer by MIT scientists — Jurassic Park inspires new long-term 'T-REX' preservation method : Read more

 

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DNA is quickly becoming the storage method of the future; incredibly stable and incredibly dense, DNA can last orders of magnitude longer than flash or disk storage and could store all the world's data in a coffee mug.

DNA is "cold" storage at best, not usable for a lot of applications. If all the world's data could really fit into a coffee mug sized volume, then hopefully some group will eventually invent a new non-volatile storage (e.g. spintronics) that can be scaled up to millions of layers and store exabytes in something you can hold in your hand.