After nearly ten years of internal research and commercialization planning, Atlas Data Storage, a spin-off built on Twist ...

Alternative long-term media include optical discs rated for 5 to 100 years, with M-DISC advertising a lifespan of 1,000 years ...

UK-based startup SPhotonix was formed in 2024 to commercialize what's known as 5D optical data storage, often referred to as "memory crystals." Essentially, the technique encodes ...

Scientists have invented a new data storage medium that they are likening to the crystals used to store data in Superman's Fortress of Solitude. According to the scientists, the crystals are so good ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago have made a major breakthrough in data storage technology, successfully fitting terabytes of digital data into a crystal cube measuring just one millimetre.

From enterprise flash to experimental archival media, these are ten technologies looking to replace traditional hard drives..

Imagine a world where you can literally store the entirety of the world’s history in your jeans pocket. Forever. Well, that world is here and that time is now. Researchers have not only already ...

Recently, there have been advances in the area of digital data storage promising outstanding data density and super-long-term data storage. A new data storage technology developed at the University of ...

For the March issue of Waters, I wrote about advancements in machine learning and how capital markets firms are trying to tap into some of the newer techniques. (The story should be posted on ...

From punch card-operated looms in the 1800s to modern cellphones, if an object has an “on” and an “off” state, it can be used to store information. In a computer laptop, the binary ones and zeroes are ...