World first for reading digitally encoded synthetic molecules
For the first time ever, using mass spectrometry, researchers have successfully read several bytes of data recorded on a molecular scale using synthetic polymers. Their work sets a new benchmark for the amount of data — stored as a sequence of molecular units (monomers) — that may be read using this routine method. It also sets the stage for data storage on a scale 100 times smaller than that of current hard drives. …read more
