You probably keep a backup of important personal files, photos, and videos on a flash drive or external hard drive. In the not-too-distant future, you might store ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

In the 1995 cyberpunk thriller Johnny Mnemonic, Keanu Reeves stars as a man whose childhood memories have been wiped so his brain can be used to smuggle data. It’s all very mid-’90s dystopia, but it ...

A startup called Helix is counting on people being curious enough to drop cash in its DNA app store on a regular basis. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

To most of us, DNA stores the code of all living things. But according to computer scientists, DNA may one day become the preferential storage medium for all things. Earlier this month, a team of ...

DNA storage systems aren't commercially ready yet, but they hold the potential to store petabytes of data on just one gram of DNA, offering extremely dense storage. While Microsoft researchers have ...