Japanese win Nobel Prize!!
Nobel Prize For Physics 2014: Isamu Akasaki,
Hiroshi Amano And Shuji Nakamura Honored.
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to 3 Japanese scientists for their invention of blue-light-emitting diodes.
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on Tuesday to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which have "enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources."
Akasaki, 85, of Japan, is a professor at Meijo University, Nagoya and a distinguished professor at Nagoya University. Since the 1960s, Akasaki has been researching ways to overcome the roadblocks facing high-performance blue LEDs and lasers. For his efforts, he has received the 2009 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology and the 2011 IEEE Edison Medal.
Amano, 54, of Japan, is also a professor at Nagoya University.
Nakamura, 60, a Japanese-American, is a professor in the College of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A recipient of the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize and the 2009 Harvey Prize, Nakamura has also worked on green LEDs, and created the white LED and blue laser diodes that are used in Blu-Ray discs and HD DVDs.
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