There are many ways to store data—digitally, on a hard disk, or using analog storage technology, for example as a hologram. In most cases, it is technically quite complicated to create a hologram: ...

Inspired by naturally occurring air bubbles in glaciers, researchers have developed a method to encode messages in ice. Published in Cell Reports Physical Science, the paper explains how the team ...

Molecules like DNA are capable of storing large amounts of data without requiring an energy source, but accessing this molecular data is expensive and time consuming. Researchers have now developed an ...

In a recent research article published in the journal Science Advances, researchers developed a laboratory-scale, proof-of-concept multilayer deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) origami encryption device that ...

Over a year ago, we received a signal from Mars—an encoded message from Europe’s Martian orbiter, picked up by three observatories on Earth. The contents of this simulated alien message, crafted by an ...

Important data can be stored and concealed quite easily in ordinary plastic using 3D printers and terahertz radiation, scientists show. Holography can be done quite easily: A 3D printer can be used to ...