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DNA: The Ultimate Data-Storage Solution - Scientific American

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The double helix can archive a staggering amount of information in an almost inconceivably small volume

Opinion May 28, 2021 5 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm DNA: The Ultimate Data-Storage Solution The double helix can archive a staggering amount of information in an almost inconceivably small volume By Latchesar Ionkov & Bradley Settlemyer Getty Images In a world flooded with data, figuring out where and how to store it efficiently and inexpensively becomes a larger problem every day. One of the most exotic solutions might turn out to be one of the best: archiving information in DNA molecules. The prevailing long-term cold-storage method, which dates from the 1950s, writes data to pizza-si

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