Microsoft and University of Washington researchers set record for DNA storage by storing 200 megabyt

[ScienceRocks]

Microsoft and University of Washington researchers set record for DNA storage by storing 200 megabytes of data

Researchers at Microsoft and the University of Washington have reached an early but important milestone in DNA storage by storing a record 200 megabytes of data on the molecular strands. Previously researchers at Harvard recorded 5.3 megabits of information in DNA in 2012. They did record many, many times at a density of 700 TB per gram. The...

How cool

 

[P@triot]

And the best part?

1. Data storage is a practice need requiring real solutions
2. It's being achieved in the private sector (where it should be)

 

[P@triot]

I do have one concern with this though....how does one defrag DNA?

 

[Moonglow]

And the best part?

1. Data storage is a practice need requiring real solutions
2. It's being achieved in the private sector (where it should be)

Looks like it was a collaboration between state and private...

 

[P@triot]

And the best part?

1. Data storage is a practice need requiring real solutions
2. It's being achieved in the private sector (where it should be)

Looks like it was a collaboration between state and private...

Oops....I was under the impression that the University of Washington was a private institution.