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What if Quantum Computers Used Hard Drives Made of DNA?

March 15, 2017

Earlier this month in Science, researchers demonstrated a method that could store 215 petabytes, or 215 million gigabytes, in a single gram of DNA. The paper was co-authored by Columbia computer scientist Yaniv Erlich.

Brain-Aging Gene Discovered

March 15, 2017
medicine neuroscience

Columbia University Medical Center researchers have discovered a common genetic variant that greatly impacts normal brain aging, starting at around age 65, and may modify the risk for neurodegenerative diseases.