Optical storage: glass as millennia-lasting data storage medium

Optical storage media engraved in glass offer information preservation estimated at millennia duration.

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This technology far exceeds the limited lifespan of current magnetic and digital storage, extending beyond several decades.

Glass archiving opens a revolutionary perspective for very-long-term preservation of civilization's digital data.

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