The amount of new digital data grows by 2.5 million gigabytes every day, according to MIT, adding to the approximately 10 trillion gigabytes of digital data that already exists. All of this data — ...

In 1976, the prospect of genetic engineering research in local laboratories set off a historic debate among scientists and concerned citizens.

June 10 (UPI) --Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new technique for labeling and retrieving DNA data files -- a breakthrough that could help shrink the carbon ...

Researchers at MIT have published an interesting study involving how we make memories. The study says quickly expressing learning and memory genes requires brain cells to snap both strands of DNA in ...

Now, scientists at MIT have created a kind of artificial amber that can protect DNA for long periods of time, and easily gives up its data when needed. The material is called a thermoset, which means ...

Chemical and molecular engineers at at MIT and Harvard have successfully used templates made of DNA to cheaply and easily pattern graphene into nanoscale structures that could eventually be fashioned ...

BOSTON, Sept. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CATALOG, the world's first DNA-based platform for massive digital data storage and computation, today announced it has secured $10 million in Series A ...

MIT engineers have developed a novel method to assemble arrays of quantum rods, which could be integrated into LEDs to enhance televisions or virtual reality (VR) devices. MIT engineers devised a new ...