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Fiona Jackson

This new DNA storage system can fit 10 billion songs in a liter of liquid — but challenges remain for the unusual storage format

A 96-well plate containing about a kilobyte of DNA-encoded data. .

The U.S. biotech company Atlas Data Storage has launched a synthetic DNA storage system capable of holding 1,000 times more data than traditional magnetic tape.

The product, called Atlas Eon 100, claims it will store humanity’s "irreplaceable archives" for thousands of years. These include family photos, scientific data, corporate records, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, manuscripts and music.

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