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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The world is producing more data than we can store, but a solution could be the very molecule that contains our genetic code. reading time 3 minutes The world has a data problem. Each day, we created ...

Technology has made it easier than ever to create content, be it photos, video, or an angsty Tumblr blog. You might have a device in your pocket right now that can record 4K video at dozens of ...

Microsoft making some headway, working with the University of Washington's Molecular Information Systems Laboratory, or MISL in creating a nanoscale DNA storage writer. The company announced in a new ...

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 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.

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 ...

Microsoft has partnered with a San Francisco-based company to encode information on synthetic DNA to test its potential as a new medium for data storage. Twist Bioscience will provide Microsoft with ...

In July 1994, the Justice Department and Microsoft settled charges that the software maker violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. A judge criticized the agreement as toothless and briefly held up deal, ...