Australian researchers have developed a new type of DVD technology that can store 212,000 times the amount of data of a standard 4.7GB disc. Australian researchers have developed a new type... Read more
Optical data storage does not require expensive magnetic materials as synthetic alternatives work just as well. This is the finding of an international team from York, Berlin and Nijmegen, p... Read more
Imagine being able to store thousands of songs and high-resolution images on data devices no bigger than a fingernail. Researchers from A*A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Enginee... Read more
Promising news for those who relish the prospects of a one-inch chip storing multiple terabytes of data Some clarity has been brought to the here-to-fore confusing physics of ferroelectric n... Read more
Molecular memories could be thousand-fold smaller Using individual molecules instead of electronic or magnetic memory cells would revolutionise data storage technology, as molecular memories... Read more
They’ve demonstrated data storage at 1.9 terabits per square inch The continually increasing size of hard drives means we can all store more pictures, music, games, and so on, but as with th... Read more
It apparently also has the ability to optically store data forever. Recently we heard about the M-DISC, which can reportedly store data in a rock-like medium for up to 1,000 years. Now, scie... Read more
Physicists at UC San Diego have developed a new kind of X-ray microscope that can penetrate deep within materials like Superman’s fabled X-ray vision and see minute details at the scal... Read more
Using well-known patterned media, a team of researchers in France has figured out a way to double the areal density of information by essentially cutting the magnetic media into small pieces... Read more
What do a fish farmer, a transport company owner and an oil-well foreman all have in common? Two things. For one, they all constantly need to know about certain data, be it water quality, tr... Read more