Three Japanese-born researchers win Nobel Physics Prize

Three Japanese-born researchers win Nobel Physics Prize

 

Three Japanese-born researchers -- Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura, who is currently based in the United States -- won the Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for inventing a new light source.

 

"This year's Nobel Laureates are rewarded for having invented a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source -- the blue light-emitting diode (LED)," the jury said.

 

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(Agence France-Presse, 7 Tuesday October 2014 The Roman)