In a step toward practical molecular data storage, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have created a new way to encode and decode digital information using synthetic plastic-like ...

Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...

Ever run out of storage on your phone or wished your laptop had more space without paying extra for a higher-capacity model? A new materials breakthrough suggests that future devices could hold far ...

Like DNA hard drives, the approach could lock the world's data down for the long haul—if researchers can make it practical. We have a data storage problem. This year, the world’s storage needs will ...

From smartphones to supercomputers, the growing need for smaller and more energy efficient devices has made higher density data storage one of the most important technological quests. Now scientists ...

Scientists have designed a molecule that can remember magnetic information at the highest temperature ever recorded for this kind of material. (Nanowerk News) Scientists at The University of ...

A team of scientists at the University of Manchester created a molecule capable of remembering magnetic information at the highest temperature ever recorded, in what could prove a major boon for the ...