Synthetic molecules encode and decode 11-character password using electrical signals

Log in to your computer with a secret message encoded in a molecule

Molecules like DNA are capable of storing large amounts of data without requiring an energy source, but accessing this molecular data is expensive and time consuming. Researchers have now developed an alternative method to encode information in synthetic molecules, which they used to encode and then decode an 11-character password to unlock a computer.

Can molecules store data?

Advances in electronic engineering have led to smaller data storage devices, but scientists are exploring biological storage for more efficiency.

An 11-digit password is stored in a tiny molecule and deciphered by its destruction. Researchers at the University of Texas have developed this method, which is supposed to offer some advantages over conventional storage. However, it also has a disadvantage.

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Synthetic molecules encode and decode 11-character password using electrical signals

Molecules like DNA are capable of storing large amounts of data without requiring an energy source, but accessing this molecular data is expensive and time-consuming. Researchers have developed an alternative method to encode information in synthetic molecules, which they used to encode and then decode an 11-character password to unlock a computer.