{"id":236512,"date":"2021-04-27T12:28:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/encoding-data-on-plastic-molecules-could-lead-to-breakthroughs-in-storage-technology\/"},"modified":"2021-04-27T12:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:28:09","slug":"encoding-data-on-plastic-molecules-could-lead-to-breakthroughs-in-storage-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/encoding-data-on-plastic-molecules-could-lead-to-breakthroughs-in-storage-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"#Encoding data on plastic molecules could lead to breakthroughs in storage technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a264ab0ad94b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a264ab0ad94b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/encoding-data-on-plastic-molecules-could-lead-to-breakthroughs-in-storage-technology\/#Plastic_data_storage\" >Plastic data storage<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Encoding data on plastic molecules could lead to breakthroughs in storage <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>The words \u201cif one scheme of h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>iness fails, human nature turns to another\u201d were originally published in 1814 in Jane Austen\u2019s Mansfield Park. At the time, the words were printed using revolutionary steam-powered printers that could roll through over a thousand sheets of paper an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Since the early 2000s, it\u2019s been possible to read all of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/jane-austen-200-years-on-why-we-still-love-her-heroes-heroines-and-houses-80451\">Jane Austen\u2019s works<\/a> online, including Mansfield Park. But as of this year, the list of places her words are published has had a bizarre addition.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0<span dir=\"auto\">3 new technologies ecommerce brands can use to connect better with customers<\/span>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.xcrp.2021.100393\">a new study<\/a>, a team from the University of Texas at Austin has encoded a quote from Mansfield Park on a tiny plastic molecule. The researchers hope the study will help prove the viability of a new kind of technology for storing data.<\/p>\n<p>Archiving has always been a problem. Even the most carefully stored and protected copies of Mansfield Park\u2019s original print run are showing their age, with the ink fading and the paper crinkling.<\/p>\n<p>We produce <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/digital-hoarders-weve-identified-four-types-which-are-you-153111\">more data<\/a> than ever. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techjury.net\/blog\/how-much-data-is-created-every-day\/#gref\">Current estimates<\/a> put it at 1.145 trillion megabytes of data a day \u2013 if someone attempted to download all of it using current internet speeds it would take almost two billion years.<\/p>\n<p>But the vast data centers we currently use to store data \u2013 largely using magnetic tape \u2013 is not up to the job. Even though there\u2019s constant evolution in hardware and software, the requirements for faster processing powers and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/nevens-law-why-it-might-be-too-soon-for-a-moores-law-for-quantum-computers-120706\">smaller components<\/a> means lack of effective storage is creating a bottleneck and the current system cannot keep up with demand.<\/p>\n<p>The search is on for smaller, more stable and efficient alternatives to digital hard drives. Recent research interest has fallen on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-libraries-of-the-future-will-be-made-of-dna-86274\">DNA data storage<\/a> \u2013 the idea we could use the building blocks of life, the system nature spent millions of years evolving to encode the blueprint for our species, as a means of storing and reading our own history and knowledge. When one scheme of technology fails, human nature turns to another.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1348544 lazyreplaced\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/dna-4478127_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Researchers are looking into DNA data storage.\" width=\"1640\" height=\"820\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/dna-4478127_1920.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/dna-4478127_1920-280x140.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/dna-4478127_1920-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/dna-4478127_1920-270x135.jpg 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/dna-4478127_1920-796x398.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/dna-4478127_1920-1592x796.jpg 1592w\"\/><figcaption>Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/illustrations\/dna-genetic-material-helix-proteins-4478127\/\">Gerd Altmann from Pixabay <\/a><\/figcaption><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Finsights%2F2021%2F04%2F27%2Fencoding-data-on-plastic-molecules-could-lead-to-breakthroughs-in-storage-technology-syndication%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Researchers are looking into DNA data storage.\" data-title=\"Share Researchers are looking into DNA data storage. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Researchers are looking into DNA data storage. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Researchers are looking into DNA data storage.<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a molecule, DNA lasts a long time \u2013 500,000 years if stored correctly \u2013 far outs<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ping paper and ink\u2019s potential lifetime by an order of several magnitudes. But it must be kept sterile and needs careful handling. This can make storing information using DNA expensive.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s another class of materials known to last even longer than DNA. These synthetic products discovered a century ago have stability, ease of manufacturing and storage potential that far outstrips DNA. These plastics, or more specifically, polymers, are long-chain molecules that can most easily be described as containing multiple repeat units \u2013- each known as a monomer.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers calculate the four base pairs \u2013 pairs of DNA building blocks \u2013 can store 10\u00b9\u2079 bits of information per cubic metre. But when we use polymers, we have more than four building blocks to choose from. In fact, there are as many monomer choices as you can locate commercially, so there\u2019s potential to increase the information density exponentially.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Read more:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-libraries-of-the-future-will-be-made-of-dna-86274\">The libraries of the future will be made of DNA<\/a><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>For their monomers, or building blocks, the team in Texas used sixteen different amino alcohols. Stitching these together, they created eighteen longer molecules, called oligomers, each made up of individual monomers. Within the longer molecules, combinations of monomers corresponded to specific letters, with cheaper monomers corresponding to more commonly used letters.<\/p>\n<p>When read back, the molecules reveal Jane Austen\u2019s quote from Mansfield Park.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The researchers chose the passage because they found it to be \u201cuplifting in these trying times, and it is easily understood without the context in the book\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The team certainly found \u201cif the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better\u201d. Their first independent expert to validate their method could only recover 98.7% of the data. With some modifications to the reading process, they were able to return full deciphering of all 158 monomer sequences without errors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center \">\n<p><figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/multimedia\/emb\/262163.php?from=499783\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/396344\/original\/file-20210421-17-1s32nic.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\" alt=\"An image of a book showing a quote from Jane Austen's Mansfield Park written across 18 molecules.\" width=\"600\" height=\"465\" class=\"lazyreplaced\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/396344\/original\/file-20210421-17-1s32nic.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=465&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/396344\/original\/file-20210421-17-1s32nic.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=465&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/396344\/original\/file-20210421-17-1s32nic.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=465&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/396344\/original\/file-20210421-17-1s32nic.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=584&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/396344\/original\/file-20210421-17-1s32nic.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=584&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/396344\/original\/file-20210421-17-1s32nic.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=584&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Finsights%2F2021%2F04%2F27%2Fencoding-data-on-plastic-molecules-could-lead-to-breakthroughs-in-storage-technology-syndication%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The authors chose the quote because it was \u2018uplifting in these trying times\u2019. Image via Sarah Moor, Author provided\" data-title=\"Share The authors chose the quote because it was \u2018uplifting in these trying times\u2019. Image via Sarah Moor, Author provided on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The authors chose the quote because it was \u2018uplifting in these trying times\u2019. Image via Sarah Moor, Author provided on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>The authors chose the quote because it was \u2018uplifting in these trying times\u2019. Image via Sarah Moor, Author provided<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Plastic_data_storage\"><\/span>Plastic data storage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Plastics may not be the most obvious choice for data storage, but on consideration, they are an extremely suitable material to use.<\/p>\n<p>Since we began mass manufacturing plastics, we\u2019ve traditionally stuck to either employing a single monomer type per product or simple combinations of one or two monomers. These have come to dominate our ways of life.<\/p>\n<p>Plastics are stable under normal environmental conditions. While in many instances this is a disadvantage, like when they make their way into the environment, in some instances it does serve extremely useful functions.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 50 years, researchers have made remarkable strides reducing the dispersity (the molecular variation \u2013 usually in either mass or shape) of synthetic polymers and improving our ability to control the sequence distribution of the monomers.<\/p>\n<p>The new study from Texas has shown by going outside of the confines of DNA, you can encode more complex information in a far smaller chain length, due to the increased choice of monomers available.<\/p>\n<p>Future use will probably depend on the commercial availability of monomers, such as which amino alcohols can be readily accessible from renewable sources. But the potential is vast. Encoding short-chain polymers is not far removed from encoding DNA, and the process of reading the sequences is similar in both.<\/p>\n<p>The team in Texas plans to look into bottlenecks regarding the scalability of this method, interrogating the speed and efficiency of the writing and reading processes.<\/p>\n<p>Though the original paper text of Mansfield Park will inevitably fade in the coming centuries, one small fragment of it has been preserved on a polymer for perhaps centuries to come \u2013- as long as we have the equipment available to decode it. As the final fragment of the quote declares, \u201cwe find comfort somewhere\u201d.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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