For roughly a decade, Microsoft has been perfecting a high-density storage technology that uses glass, lasers, and cameras, ...

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Microsoft’s Project Silica can store 5TB of data on glass for 10,000 years, offering a durable, energy-free solution to prevent data rot.

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Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading ...

The breakthrough comes from Microsoft researchers and could enable the preservation of terabytes of data for a very long time ...

Microsoft’s Project Silica uses ultrafast lasers to store 4.84TB of data in small glass plates, preserving digital history for up to 10,000 years.

Borosilicate glass, the same material used in lab equipment and kitchen cookware, can encode data using femtosecond lasers at densities and lifespans no existing archival medium can match, according ...

OpenStar Technologies, a New Zealand-based fusion energy startup, has trapped plasma inside a levitated superconducting magnet, a feat that no company or laboratory had previously achieved with ...

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Scientists have found a way to store all of humanity's most important data inside a piece of glass — and it could last longer ...