{"id":204504,"date":"2025-01-25T09:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T15:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/how-to-store-data-on-dna"},"modified":"2025-01-25T09:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T15:02:56","slug":"how-to-store-data-on-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/how-to-store-data-on-dna","title":{"rendered":"How to store data on DNA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZuB3yB7QWCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Can a file be stored on DNA? What would be the advantages of such storage? And what developments can we expect in the future? All these answers in 12 minutes!<\/p>\n<p>0:00 \u2014 Introduction.<br \/> 2:00 \u2014 Inspiration from life, DNA<br \/> 3:24 \u2014 Storing files.<br \/> 7:35 \u2014 A technology under development.<br \/> 10:51 \u2014 Conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Video produced for EchoSciences Sud Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.echosciences-paca.fr\">https:\/\/www.echosciences-paca.fr<\/a> with CNRS research director Marc Antonini (I3S \u2014 CNRS\/UCA). Based on an original idea by Play Azur Prod. Video coordinated by Gulliver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulliver-sciences.fr\">https:\/\/www.gulliver-sciences.fr<\/a> and Play Azur Prod: <a href=\"https:\/\/playazur-prod.fr\/\">https:\/\/playazur-prod.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calculations and sources of the figures :<\/p>\n<p>0:42: <a href=\"https:\/\/lejournal.cnrs.fr\/articles\/pe\">https:\/\/lejournal.cnrs.fr\/articles\/pe<\/a>\u2026<br \/> 0:46: 100ZB for an ADSL speed of 20Mb\/s = 1.2 billion years.<br \/> 0:54: DVD of 1.2mm and 8.5GB, approximately 10<sup>13<\/sup> DVD for 100ZB or 12 million km.<br \/> 1:04: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s4154\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s4154<\/a>\u2026<br \/> 1:12: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcep.fr\/uploads\/tx_gspub\">https:\/\/www.arcep.fr\/uploads\/tx_gspub<\/a>\u2026 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbone4.com\/analyse-faq-\">https:\/\/www.carbone4.com\/analyse-faq\u2013<\/a>\u2026<br \/> 1:18: <a href=\"https:\/\/datacentrereview.com\/2022\/01\/.\">https:\/\/datacentrereview.com\/2022\/01\/.<\/a>\u2026<br \/> 2:21: human genome of 3 billion base pairs, not including redundancies = 6Gb ~ 1GB<br \/> 2:34: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-huma\">https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-huma<\/a>\u2026<br \/> 2:56: ~10\u00b5m core containing ~1GB: 10<sup>15GB<\/sup>\/m^3. SD card of ~100mm^3 containing 1TB: 10<sup>10GB<\/sup>\/m^3<br \/> 6:35: Capsule of ~100mm^3 and compactness 1PB\/mm^3 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/s\">https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/s<\/a>\u2026) ~ 100PB. Disk of 1TB and 100cm^3: compactness ratio of 10<sup>8<\/sup><br \/> 6:39: For 100\u20111000 ZB, need 1000\u2013100000 capsules of 100mm^3 each containing 10-100PB, i.e. a volume of 100-10000cm^3 ~ shoebox.<br \/> 11:45: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nbt862\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nbt862<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This video is narrated by Octave Masson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/how-to-store-data-on-dna\">Continue reading \u201cHow to store data on DNA?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can a file be stored on DNA? What would be the advantages of such storage? And what developments can we expect in the future? All these answers in 12 minutes! 0:00 \u2014 Introduction. 2:00 \u2014 Inspiration from life, DNA 3:24 \u2014 Storing files. 7:35 \u2014 A technology under development. 10:51 \u2014 Conclusion. 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