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SBS50: Fast Facts 2009

DVD drive. Credit: cscredon/Getty Images
Did you know that, in 2009, researchers at Melbourne's Swinburne University announced the development of an optical disc technology capable of holding 10-thousand times more data than a regular DVD? The breakthrough was made possible through the use of minute nano particles, which allow the storage of extremely large files without increasing the size of the DVD.
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