DNA Storage
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In the news | Engadget
Microsoft devices store digital info as DNA
Microsoft and researchers from the University of Washington have successfully automated the process to translate digital information into DNA and back to bits.
Storing digital data in synthetic DNA with Dr. Karin Strauss
| Karin Strauss
Episode 48, October 31, 2018 – Dr. Strauss talks about life at the intersection of computer science and biology which, for many, is more like the intersection of science fiction and science, and explains how the unique properties of DNA…
In the news | ZDNet
Microsoft’s DNA storage breakthrough could pave way for exabyte drives
The prospect of storing vast amounts of data on DNA has come closer to reality thanks to a new technique for retrieving data.
In the news | Phys.org
Researchers achieve random access in large-scale DNA data storage
University of Washington and Microsoft researchers revealed today that they have taken a significant step forward in their quest to develop a DNA-based storage system for digital data.
In the news | GeekWire
DNA data storage system rises past 400 megabytes – find out how to store yours
Text files as well audio, images and a high-definition music video featuring the band OK Go were first digitally encoded, and then converted into chemical coding—that is, adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine, which make up the ATCG alphabet for DNA…
In the news | Ars Technica
Inching closer to a DNA-based file system
Researchers have figured out how to add something like a filesystem to DNA storage, allowing random access to specific data within a large collection of DNA. While doing this, the team also tested a recently developed method for sequencing DNA…
In the news | Scientifc American
Storing Data in DNA Brings Nature into the Digital Universe
Over millennia, nature has evolved an incredible information storage medium—DNA. It evolved to store genetic information, blueprints for building proteins, but DNA can be used for many more purposes than just that.
In the news | The Wall Street Journal
Is DNA the Future of Data Storage?
How a synthetic version of our genetic code could become the world’s most efficient hard drive.
Awards | Popular Science
Microsoft and Univ. of Washington DNA Storage earns 2016 Popular Science Best of What’s New Award
A collaboration between researchers at Microsoft and the University of Washington to develop a system that uses synthetic DNA as a medium for archiving digital information received a 2016 Popular Science Best of What’s New Award in the Software category.…