Inspired by ancient invention of movable type, researchers use blocks of DNA to dramatically increase writing speed

https://www.science.org/content/article/dna-printing-press-could-quickly-store-mountains-data

"cost effective, no synthesizing DNA 1 letter at a time... gram of DNA stores up to 215 PB data, for millennia... data readout traightforward/ fast using DNA sequencing machines... paper: long standardized template pieces of single-stranded DNA... type: 100's short single-stranded DNA bricks, each 24 bases long, with sequence designed to bind to specific region along DNA template... methylation bricks encoded 0 or 1... placed in solution, bricks quickly found/ connected to their sequences on template"

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