DNA provides a solution to our enormous data storage problem

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing reams of data and how to protect that information from unintended access. Now, researchers with Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute and their colleagues offer a surprising answer. In a pair of new studies, they show how DNA, the molecule of life, can be harnessed to faithfully store enormous volumes of data and provide powerful encryption.