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Microsoft helps found an industry alliance to advance DNA data storage systems 

November 12, 2020

Microsoft is teaming up with other companies to form an alliance to advance the field of DNA data storage, which promises to revolutionize the way vital records are kept for the long haul. The founding members of the DNA Data…

In the news | The Telegraph

From glass to DNA: technologies that could store our data for billions of years 

November 6, 2019

When Elon Musk sent his Tesla Roadster into space aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket last year, the spacesuit-clad mannequin placed in the driver’s seat had a few essentials packed. A copy of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy…

In the news | PCMag

Microsoft Is Using DNA to Solve Our Impending Data Storage Crisis 

March 22, 2019

The data stored in a warehouse-sized datacenter today would fit into 'a space roughly the size of a few board game dice.'

In the news | GeekWire

Microsoft and University of Washington demonstrate automated DNA data storage 

March 21, 2019

DNA data storage holds the promise of putting huge amounts of information into a test tube — but who wants to carry test tubes around a data center all day? Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington are working…

In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories

With a “hello,” Microsoft and UW demonstrate first fully automated DNA data storage 

March 21, 2019

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 of the research lab and into commercial data…

In the news | Engadget

Microsoft devices store digital info as DNA 

March 21, 2019

Microsoft and researchers from the University of Washington have successfully automated the process to translate digital information into DNA and back to bits.

In the news | ZDNet

Microsoft’s DNA storage breakthrough could pave way for exabyte drives 

February 21, 2018

The prospect of storing vast amounts of data on DNA has come closer to reality thanks to a new technique for retrieving data.

In the news | Phys.org

Researchers achieve random access in large-scale DNA data storage 

February 21, 2018

University of Washington and Microsoft researchers revealed today that they have taken a significant step forward in their quest to develop a DNA-based storage system for digital data.

In the news | GeekWire

DNA data storage system rises past 400 megabytes – find out how to store yours 

February 20, 2018

Text files as well audio, images and a high-definition music video featuring the band OK Go were first digitally encoded, and then converted into chemical coding—that is, adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine, which make up the ATCG alphabet for DNA…

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