Move over tape and optical. Microsoft is working with a genetics startup to test the feasibility of creating a synthetic DNA-based storage system that can archive zettabyte-scale data. Microsoft ...

Microsoft is testing 10 million long oligonucleotides of DNA, "prehistoric information technology," for long-term, secure data storage.

Microsoft is carrying out experiments with synthetic DNA for digital data storage and has recently agreed to purchase ten million strands of DNA from genetics startup Twist Bioscience.

Twist Bioscience says it's extending its collaboration with Microsoft and the University of Washington on a DNA data storage project.

Microsoft is keen on synthetic DNA as a future long-term archival medium that could solve the world's need for more data storage.

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Based on early research involving the storage of movies and documents in DNA, Microsoft is developing an apparatus that uses biology to replace tape drives, researchers at the company say ...

Microsoft made a significant breakthrough as they successfully created synthetic DNA storage. (Photo : @3dparadise / Unsplash) Microsoft took a leap with their new synthetic DNA to store data.

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If you run out of storage you can just spit. Boffins from Microsoft and the University of Washington are planning to encode cloud data onto synthetic DNA molecules.  The team ...

Microsoft also plans to work on the chemistry of the solvents and reagents used with the DNA, which are now fossil-based.

Could tomorrow's data centers store information in the form of synthetic DNA? Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have successfully encoded the word "hello" into DNA -- and ...