Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device. The method ...

Borosilicate glass offers extreme stability; Microsoft’s accelerated aging experiments suggest the data would be stable for ...

Hard disk drives (HDDs) have played a crucial role in shaping the landscape of data storage within the computing industry. From their humble beginnings in the mid-20th century to their peak and ...

Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth ...

If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many times. Thankfully, we’re long removed from the days of hard drives taking ...

After decades of research and development, humanity finally has a data storage medium that will outlast us.… The 5D Memory Crystal stores data by using tiny voxels – 3D pixels – in fused silica glass, ...

Engineered DNA can store massive amounts of data while also encrypting it, opening the door to ultra-secure, long-term ...