“This is just a beginning, but these initial results provide us a potential way of storing huge amount of data in a brand new way,” say the scientists. (Image from archives)

It’s said diamonds are forever and if the results of a new study published this week leads to a new, more practical use of the precious stones, data could also be stored on them, virtually forever.

According to a paper available at the journal Science Advances, diamonds can be used as a way to store vast amounts of data using atom-size flaws ordered in 3D arrays.