The shards laid in the mud of the Tiber riverbanks…
They laid there, in endless cycles of drying and wetting, in the fine, mineral rich silt of Rome’s central river.
Likely more than 2,000 years worth.
What has emerged… from this natural process… is a luminescence, like those of fish scales… and it is teaching materials engineers new lessons about how we might make useful optical storage devices, based on the principles there laid down.
Do stay tuned — as there will be much more to this story… in the coming decade. Perhaps even a drive, on your desk top… or alongside your phone.
We shall see. Onward.
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