Hard disks and magnetic tape have a limited lifespan, but storage developed by Microsoft could last for millennia ...
Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era? The ever-growing vastness of human knowledge is no longer stored in libraries, but on hard drives that struggle to last decades, let ...
Borosilicate glass offers extreme stability; Microsoft’s accelerated aging experiments suggest the data would be stable for ...
Today we're (micro)-machining glass with a fiber laser. Using a copper sulfate solution, we can etch glass with a pulsed ...
Laser engraving has evolved from a niche industrial technique into one of the most versatile and efficient technologies used by businesses today. Whether for manufacturing, design or personalisation, ...
An official prepares to hold a vial containing the synthetic DNA of the race footage of former Australian Olympian Cathy Freeman winning her gold medal in the women’s 400M event at the Sydney 2000 ...