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Science Fiction in the News Articles related to the works of Barbara Hambly

Barbara Joan Hambly (b. 1951) is an American author, primarily of Fantasy, married to George Alec Effinger (1998-2000), though they remained close until his death in 2002. She entered genre publishing with the Darwath Trilogy in 1982. (Barbara Hambly) Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:

Bacteria Save Your Data, Make Multiple Backups
   Remarkable feat by researchers makes those so-called thumbdrives look monster-sized by comparison.
DNA As An Archival Storage System
   Four grams of DNA theoretically could store the digital data humankind creates in one year. Library of Congress, take note.
DNA Data Storage Is Robust, Scalable
   What knowledge would we seek to pass down the ages, encoded in life's DNA?
SCRIBE Enables Distributed Genomically Encoded Memory
   Genomic DNA for analog, rewritable, and flexible memory.
Epigenetic Memory's On/Off Switch Found
   'They tied the memory to the bloodline and that was their record!' - Barbara Hambly, 1982.
Twist Bioscience High Density Digital Data On DNA
   'They tied the memory to the bloodline and that was their record!' - Barbara Humbly, 1982.
Hackers Insert Malware Into DNA
   'They tied the memory to the bloodline and that was their record!' -
Eden-ISS, Greenhouse In Antarctica
   'With this kind of light we could get the gardens going again." - Barbara Humbly, 1983.
100X Improvement In DNA Information Storage
   'A record that wouldn't get lost and couldn't be destroyed.' Barbara Hambly, 1982.

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