Scientists in the United Kingdom have stored the entire human genome on a “5D memory crystal,” in the hope that it could be used in the future as a blueprint to bring humanity back from extinction.

The ability to store information has evolved from punch-card looms to modern smartphones. Every technological advancement has ...

For almost as long as modern science has been around, the idea that animals can remember past experiences seemed so preposterous that few researchers bothered to study it. Surely only humans, with our ...

A crystal used in the study charges under UV light. The process created by the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Zhong Lab could be used with a variety of materials, ...

Have you ever looked at your dog or cat and wondered whether it can remember that you recently rewarded or scolded them — and when that happened? Indiana University neuroscientists have discovered ...

Researchers have reported the first evidence that non-human animals can mentally replay past events from memory. The discovery could help improve the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease ...

The most important part of a brain, human or electronic, is its memory—a place where information can be stored until it is needed. Electronic memories cannot approach human ones. Their capacity is ...