5D ‘eternity crystal’ stores 360 TB of data for billions of years

New Atlas - Fri 20 Sep 24

Scientists have stored the entire human genome on a five-dimensional crystal that’s capable of digitally storing up to 360 terabytes of information and is built to survive for billions of ...

Human genome stored on 'everlasting' memory crystal

Phys.org - Thu 19 Sep 24

University of Southampton scientists have stored the full human genome on a 5D memory crystal—a revolutionary data storage format that can survive for billions of years.

The Human Genome Has Been Stored On An Everlasting Memory Crystal, Astrobiology - Fri 20 Sep 24

Indestructible 5D memory crystals to store humanity’s genome for billions of years

Interesting Engineering - Thu 19 Sep 24

New 'memory crystal' data storage will preserve information for billions of years, Earth.com - Tue 24 Sep 24
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“Revolutionary” 5D Crystal Could Preserve Human Genome Long After We’re Extinct, IFLScience - Fri 20 Sep 24
5D Memory Crystal Could Preserve Human DNA for Billions of Years, Technology Networks - Fri 20 Sep 24

Scientists store human genome on crystal which can last billions of years

The Independent - Wed 18 Sep 24

The University of Southampton team hopes the data could be used to bring humans back from extinction in the future.

Human genome stored inside near-indestructible '5D memory crystal' that could survive to the end of the universe

Livescience - Wed 25 Sep 24

The record-breaking crystal will act as a DNA time capsule that could be used to bring back humanity after our extinction, researchers say. But not everyone is ...

This Stunning Crystal Could Preserve The Human Genome For Billions of Years

ScienceAlert - Mon 23 Sep 24

A doorway to forever.

In Case Humans Go Extinct, This Memory Crystal Will Store Our Genome for Billions of Years

Smithsonian Magazine - Fri 20 Sep 24

Scientists have created "a form of information immortality" meant to instruct future species on how to recreate humans. But who, or what, will find it?

In case of extinction, scientists store human genome a ‘memory crystal’ that lasts billions of years

Popular Science - Thu 19 Sep 24

Researchers have encoded the entire human genome onto a “5D memory crystal” in the off chance our species finds itself needing to walk back from the brink of extinction. But even if the ...

Researchers create 'everlasting' 5D genome memory crystal that can one day help revive humans

Techspot - Thu 19 Sep 24

Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK successfully stored the entirety of the human genome sequence onto an indestructible 5D optical memory crystal no bigger than a penny. ...

Researchers Store Entire Human Genome on ‘Everlasting’ 5D Memory Crystal

Sci.News - Fri 20 Sep 24

Unlike other data storage formats that degrade over time, 5D memory crystals can store up to 360 terabytes of information without loss for billions of years, even at high temperatures. The ...