To encode arbitrary data in DNA, the data is typically first converted into ternary (base 3) data rather than binary (base 2) data. Each digit (or "trit") is then converted to a nucleotide using a lookup table.

In practice, DNA storage involves several steps: deciding on a code, making the DNA using a process called synthesis, and storing the resulting DNA strands.

3 days ago · Technology Computing New 'DNA cassette tape' can store up to 1.5 million times more data than a smartphone — and the data can last 20,000 years if frozen

With the exponential growth of digital data and the limitations of conventional silicon-based storage and computing technologies, bio-inspired, DNA-driven computing and information storage...

One unique solution to this problem is the use of DNA as a storage medium. While DNA may initially seem like an odd choice for storing digital data, DNA has both an extremely high theoretical data …

Jul 28, 2025 · DNA data storage involves encoding and decoding binary data into and from artificially created DNA strands. This approach uses DNA molecules to store digital information, offering an …

Dec 6, 2025 · Atlas Data Storage, a DNA-based storage tech startup, has announced its first commercial offering.

Recent academic and industrial demonstrations establish DNA Data Storage as a viable potential solution for these requirements. DNA offers information density (bits/mm3) orders of magnitude …

As DNA data storage continues to emerge as a viable application, it will further drive the creation of new tools that will continue to lower the TCO for DNA data storage, as well as enable new functionality.

Feb 9, 2021 · With new ways of storing information desperately needed, Winthrop professor of genetics George Church is turning to one of the oldest means of doing so: the DNA molecule, which has been …