Reading information

Test tubes with DNA that encodes the information. Credit: Rami Shloush, Technion Spokesperson

Researchers at the Technion have developed technology for encoding, recovering, and rapidly reading information stored in DNA.

The information density in DNA is about a hundred million times greater than that of digital storage. This means that, potentially, for every unit of volume that currently holds 1 megabyte, we could store up to 100