boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAll the Data on Earth Can Fit in a Cup Full of DNA. This Is MIT’s Jurassic Park-Inspired Projectwww.xatakaon.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down15
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minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-211 months agoAnd has data integrity for a few hours, if no mechanism to constantly repair them (almost correctly) exist. Spoiler I hint at ribosomes RNA polymerase here.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoThis was my thought. DNA isn’t stable so it’s a lousy storage medium. Degrades over time, mutations in living organisms, etc.
minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoHow would the thing in your spoiler repair DNA?
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 months agoMy, i’m getting old. I meant RNA polymerase. Btw, i came across this article while searching for the right term.
And has data integrity for a few hours, if no mechanism to constantly repair them (almost correctly) exist.
Spoiler
I hint at
ribosomesRNA polymerase here.This was my thought. DNA isn’t stable so it’s a lousy storage medium. Degrades over time, mutations in living organisms, etc.
How would the thing in your spoiler repair DNA?
Tap for spoiler
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My, i’m getting old. I meant RNA polymerase.
Btw, i came across this article while searching for the right term.