@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoAll the Data on Earth Can Fit in a Cup Full of DNA. This Is MIT’s Jurassic Park-Inspired Projectwww.xatakaon.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down15
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minus-square@MonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-211 months agoAnd has data integrity for a few hours, if no mechanism to constantly repair them (almost correctly) exist. Spoiler I hint at ribosomes RNA polymerase here.
minus-square@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoThis was my thought. DNA isn’t stable so it’s a lousy storage medium. Degrades over time, mutations in living organisms, etc.
And has data integrity for a few hours, if no mechanism to constantly repair them (almost correctly) exist.
Spoiler
I hint at
ribosomesRNA polymerase here.This was my thought. DNA isn’t stable so it’s a lousy storage medium. Degrades over time, mutations in living organisms, etc.