data bases

Illustration. A good algorithm is such that the amount of memory it uses is significantly smaller than the size of the database itself, so the calculation can be fast and efficient. Source: DARPA.

Similar but simpler

network of molecules. Illustration: shutterstock

Facebook of molecules

Soon this too will become obsolete

First scientific study: Humanity has produced more than 295 exabytes of data

From the right: Prof. Yoel Sussman, Dr. Chaim Priluski, Prof. Doron Lantz, Marilyn Shafran and Prof. Meir Vilchak.

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Two-state rotaxane ferrites designed by UCLA's J. Fraser Stoddart lab function as a switch (right) and enable ultra-dense storage of 160 kilobits on a 400x400 nanowire lattice (left)

Nanomachines consisting of a single prodn

A revolution in information technology inspired by DNA