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This digital-memory device keeps its cool even at 600 °C

A battery-like technology uses a metal called tantalum to create an equivalent of digital 0s and 1s.
Close up photograph of a small, square, solid-state memory device visible through a circular window in a rectangular box glowing red as it is subjected to very high temperatures

A memory device that relies on oxygen ions rather than electrons glows red as it is subjected to very high temperatures. Credit: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan

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A computer-memory device has been developed that can store one bit of information for 24 hours at 600 °C. This could advance computing in extreme environments, such as the scorching surface of Venus1.

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Nature 637, 253 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-04109-3

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  1. Li, J. et al. Device https://doi.org/10.1016/j.device.2024.100623 (2024).

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