Gallium Arsenide and Gallium Nitride are preferred for LEDs, certain photovoltaics, and some very high frequency radio applications.

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"Tiny goldcrests, one of our smallest birds, rattled out a shimmering song of a very high frequency that sounded like an out of control sewing machine, " says Chris.

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These leads will have to be sufficiently short to transmit very high frequency signals, which tend to radiate away as microwaves if the lead is too long (by 2015, chips will work high in the gigahertz band).

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Quartz watches use very high-frequency oscillations of a crystal, which can be tuned with extreme precision to produce regular signals.

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High-frequency trading is very lucrative, as this trial made clear.

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Most high-frequency trading is fundamentally a form of market making with very tight inventory control and very short-lived positions.

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