From: joemajen@arcor.de   
      
   Am 20.02.26 um 08:54 schrieb c186282:   
   > https://phys.org/news/2026-02-glass-square-future-storage.html   
   >   
   > Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have   
   > demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading   
   > information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two   
   > million books' worth of data in a thin, palm-sized square.   
   >   
   > In a paper published today in Nature, the researchers say   
   > their tests suggest the data will be readable for more than   
   > 10,000 years.   
   >   
   > The new system, called Silica, uses extremely short flashes   
   > of laser light to inscribe bits of information into a block   
   > of ordinary glass.   
   >   
   > . . .   
   >   
   >    Well, it's not "ordinary" glass ... closer to a   
   >    high-silica Pyrex.   
   >   
   >    Anyway, looks like they can internally etch the glass   
   >    in many layers using a laser. Data capacity should be   
   >    very high.   
   >   
   >    Of course the plates CAN be physically broken ... not   
   >    sure they'd hold up so well for 10,000 years unless   
   >    stored in a hardened box.   
   >   
   >    Clay tablets, albeit low-density, DO last at least   
   >    5,000 years if conditions are fair. There's a huge   
   >    library of Sumerian texts on such tablets and not   
   >    all have been decoded.   
   >   
      
   Which group of insects then will have such an sophisticated microscope   
   to read them??   
      
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