This year′s Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to three scientists credited with the invention of blue light-emitting diodes,... commonly known as energy efficient LED lights.
Professors Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan... and Shuji Nakamura of the U.S. were named winners of the prestigious prize, Tuesday in Stockholm,... which includes 1-point-2 million dollars in prize money.
The committee said the three researchers recognized that gallium nitride would lead to a blue color and discovered a way to produce the light in an efficient way by adding in other materials.
The winner of this year′s Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday.
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