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Scientists chip away at a metallic mystery, one atom at a time
September 28, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gray and white flecks skitter erratically on a computer screen. A towering microscope looms over a landscape of electronic and optical equipment. Inside the microscope, high-energy, accelerated ions bombard a flake of platinum thinner than a hair on a mosquito’s back. Meanwhile, a team of scientists studies...
Categories: Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Two men stand near a desk with computer monitors and a towering microscope that reaches the ceiling

Sandia storing information securely in DNA
July 11, 2016 • Sandia researchers explore a biologically inspired information storage systemALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider generate 15 million gigabytes of data per year. That is a lot of digital data to inscribe on hard drives or beam up to the “clou…
Categories: Biology, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Marlene and George Bachand show off their new method for encrypting and storing sensitive information in DNA