In the face of rising emissions from data centres, researchers are turning to micro-explosions in glass, and using DNA to solve big data's big problem.

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, ...

SPhotonix’s 5D memory crystal on a five-inch glass disc can reliably store up to 360TB Data in 5D crystals remains stable at 190 o Celsius indefinitely Current prototypes read data at roughly 30 MBps ...

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 ...

A crystal used in the study charges under UV light. The process created by the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Zhong Lab could be used with a variety of materials, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. In late 2024 we did a piece on developments in optical digital storage and expectations for ...

Researchers have explored a 'quantum-inspired' technique to make the 'ones' and 'zeroes' for classical computer memory applications out of crystal defects, each the size of an individual atom. This ...

Project Silica promises to store data for millennia while facing impossible speeds and impractical costs for real use ...