Will you soon be able to 'swallow the doctor ' ? Science is now looking to nature to find the best way to store data in a way that will make it last for millennia . Just one gram of DNA is theoretically capable of containing all the data of internet giants such as Google and Facebook . Researchers in Zurich wanted to find ways to combine the storage capacity of DNA with the stability of the DNA found in fossils . They decided on using carbon nanotubes, which are tiny tubes made from atoms arranged like letters or numbers.
Science is now looking to nature to find the best way to store data in a way that will make it last for millennia . Just one gram of DNA is theoretically capable of containing all the data of internet giants such as Google and Facebook . Researchers in Zurich wanted to find ways to combine the storage capacity of DNA with the stability of the DNA found in fossils . They decided on using carbon nanotubes, which are tiny tubes made from atoms arranged like letters or numbers.