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Published online 8 June 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010607-7
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Tiny minds
Computer memories could be over a thousand times smaller if they are made from molecules.
Researchers have developed prototype computer memories in which information is recorded, read and erased by molecular switches. Computer memories that store information in single molecules could be far more powerful than those of today's machines.
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