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Published online 14 March 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010315-7
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Memories are made of glass
A new material brings the 3D compact disk closer.
"This is my music collection," says your host, taking out a tray of what look like small ice-cubes and dropping one into his hi-fi system to provide the evening's soundtrack.
This far-fetched scenario comes one step closer with the announcement of what could be the first material suitable for making holographic optical storage disks1.
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