Researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have developed a DNA cassette tape drive that functions exactly as one might expect. The experimental setup, published in data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady3406″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady3406″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Science Advances on September 12, is the first working prototype to combine DNA storage with a physical tape-based medium and a compact seekable drive — a clever attempt to merge the longevity of DNA with the scalability of old-school tape libraries.

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Researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have developed a DNA cassette tape drive that functions exactly as one might expect. The experimental setup, published in data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady3406″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady3406″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Science Advances on September 12, is the first working prototype to combine DNA storage with a physical tape-based medium and a compact seekable drive — a clever attempt to merge the longevity of DNA with the scalability of old-school tape libraries.

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