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Inspired by “Jurassic Park,” MIT researchers have created a glassy, amber-like polymer to store DNA at room temperature. This marks a significant advance in DNA storage technology because this technique is cheaper and safer than other methods. We’re not talking about just genomes either — DNA can be used to store books, films, or even the sum of all human knowledge, making it a fantastic medium for archiving. DNA Storage with a Jurassic Park ThemeMIT scientists demonstrated their work by encoding the “Jurassic Park” theme music and a complete human genome in the polymer. They easily extracted …

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