Atom-sized storage could change the face of data and memory

The secret to our data storage woes could be an atom or, more precisely, a grid of them. Atoms, the smallest building blocks in nature, have their appeal as a storage medium. We certainly need a new storage paradigm. Something that takes up considerably less space than the current large-scale solution: data centers. SEE ALSO: Researchers stored an OK Go music video on strands of DNA Dotted throughout the world, data centers are like highly organized versions of our basements, crammed full of stu