{
  "id": 14442052,
  "title": "Archival data storage using DNA proximity graphs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/archival-data-storage-using-dna-proximity-graphs",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.12.758707v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "DNA offers a promising medium for long-term archival data storage, but the high cost of synthesizing data-specific sequences remains a major barrier to its adoption. Here we introduce SPAN (Synthesis-free Proximity-graph Archiving in Nucleic acids), a synthesis-independent storage architecture in which digital information is written as a physical pattern and encoded in the spatial relationships…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}