Imagine if we just found and "decoded" a crystal and it had the entire history of a lost civilization on it that had landed on earth a million years ago or something. Wouldn't that be one hell of a mind fuck? Archive: https://archive.today/TkzFF From the post: >>In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have made significant strides toward enhancing the efficiency of classical computer memory by harnessing the properties of crystal defects. This innovative approach, led by Assistant Professor Tian Zhong and postdoctoral researcher Leonardo França, ventures into an uncharted territory where the fundamental concept of memory storage is revolutionized through the manipulation of atomic scale defects within crystalline structures.