Hard drives and flash storage have gotten more reliable over the years, but only on a human timescale. What if we need data storage that lasts longer? Decades? Millennia? The key to that might be 5D ...

NEWARK, Del., Dec. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SPhotonix, a fast growing deep tech start-up, has announced the successful completion of their over-subscribed $4.5 million pre-seed round led by Creator ...

Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading ...

After decades of research and development, humanity finally has a data storage medium that will outlast us.… The 5D Memory Crystal stores data by using tiny voxels – 3D pixels – in fused silica glass, ...

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(Nanowerk Spotlight) In a world driven by data, the relentless growth of digital information is pushing existing storage technologies to their limits. Every day, vast amounts of data are generated, ...

Optical technologies have been instrumental in advancing communication systems, from long-haul data transmission and data center connectivity to emerging technologies like optical interconnects and ...

SPhotonix, the US-headquartered startup company looking to commercialize “5D” or “Superman” ultra-stable optical data storage technology originally developed at the University of Southampton in the UK ...