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• Silicon Optoelectronic Outlook Brightens.

  - 2003-07-01

  Researchers from the University of New South Wales UNSW have found that silicon may be able to emit more light than previously thought. This result, recently reported in Applied Physics Letters, opens up the possibility of using the semiconductor industry's workhorse material in optoelectronics. For years, bulk crystalline...

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• Executive options disclosure rules "a con".

  - 2003-05-09

  May 08, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) An Australian regulatory demand that executive options be valued has sparked debate in accounting circles. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission ASIC announced on 7 May 2003 it will require companies to value...

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• Shedding light on fast chips.

  - 2001-08-24

  Aug 25, 2001 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Australian researchers have discovered a breakthrough in silicon microchip communication. Researchers at the University of New South Wales have found a way to enable microchips to communicate by light. The findings could have significant implications...

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• NSW scientists light the way to much faster computers.

  - 2001-08-22

  Aug 23, 2001 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Australian scientists have made a major breakthrough in computer science. The discovery that light can be used to move information inside computers means that they can be made to work at much higher...

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• Australia Comes Out Of The Nano-Lab

  - 1998-05-28

  An Australian professor believes he could have a minute quantum computer out of the laboratories and into the real world within ten years. Nanotechnology, that rarified field of technological discovery most commonly associated with miniaturization, has thr own up the possibility of computers tiny enough to fit on the tip...

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