The same four chemical building blocks behind almost all life on earth could one day be used replace traditional computer storage. Read now The prospect of storing vast amounts of data on DNA has come ...

As more and more data is created, engineers are busy searching for ways to maximize the amount of information that can be stored per square foot, so that we don’t wind up filling every last inch of ...

Microsoft is on its way to replacing data centers with DNA. The company and researchers from the University of Washington have successfully automated the process to translate digital information into ...

It won't be long before you can write megabytes of data per second on synthetic DNA that will be readable for thousands of years. Image: iStockphoto/Svisio Not all of the nine zettabytes of data ...

Microsoft has detailed a major breakthrough in its work on synthetic DNA storage, specifically on improving data throughput. The proof-of-concept is the subject of a new study from Microsoft Research ...

Microsoft just made history as the company created a significant breakthrough in using artificial DNA to store data and information. The company operated with the University of Washington's Molecular ...

Microsoft is buying another ten million strands of DNA to use as part of research into new ways of storing digital data. The long-chain oligonucleotide strands of DNA will be used by researchers at ...

The technology giant wants to develop information storage for its power-hungry data centers that uses DNA instead of magnetic tape drives. A few years ago, Harvard professor and bio-engineering ...

The University of Washington’s Luis Ceze and Lee Organick prepare DNA containing digital data for sequencing. (UW Photo / Tara Brown Photography) Twist Bioscience says it’s extending its collaboration ...

Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have demonstrated the first fully automated system to store and retrieve data in manufactured DNA — a key step in moving the technology out ...

“ Microsoft Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about management restructuring, 200MB of data being stored on DNA ...

Microsoft Healthcare is teaming up with Spiral Genetics, a DNA analysis startup, to identify correlations between the human genome and heart disease characteristics, GeekWire reports. Three notes: 1.