The whole human genome has been stored in a special memory of 5D crystaldesigned to last billions of years, with the aim of preserving the DNA of humanity even in the event of extinction. This amazing device was created by researchers atUniversity of Southampton in the UK and is now held in the archive Memory of Mankindlocated in a salt cave in Austria.
A crystal that defies time
The crystal used for this 5D memory It is incredibly durable: it can withstand extreme temperatures up to a thousand degreesresist freezing, direct impacts up to 10 tons per square centimeter and even at cosmic radiation. This technology allows you to store up to 360 terabytes of data without degrading over time.
Thanks to ultrafast lasersresearchers have managed to inscribe the human genome into nanostructured voids inside the silica crystal, using an encoding method that uses two optical dimensions and three spatial coordinates, hence the term “5D”. They are present on the surface of the crystal drawings which describe the contents and how the DNA can be reconstructed, including information on universal elements and the DNA bases.
A bridge to the future
Even if today it is not yet possible to create a living organism starting only from genetic information, researchers do not exclude that, in the future, the synthetic biology can make this scenario possible. In addition to the human genome, the crystal could be used to store the DNA of plants and animals endangered, creating a real archive of life.
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