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Long-Term Storage of Information in DNA
Abstract
In this digital age, the technology used for information storage is undergoing rapid advances. Data currently being stored in magnetic or optical media will probably become unrecoverable within a century or less, through the combined effects of hardware and software obsolescence and decay of the storage medium. New approaches are required that will permit retrieval of information stored for centuries or even millennia.
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- Authors
- Bancroft, C., Bowler, T., Bloom, B., & Clelland, C. T.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2001-09-07
- Volume
- 293
- Issue
- 5536
- Pages
- 1763-1765
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2014680464
- Cited by
- 192
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 0.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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