LONDON: This year's Nobel prize for physics is about light.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel prize in physics for 2014 to three Japanese-born scientists,
Isamu Akasaki from Meijo University, Hiroshi Amano from the Nagoya University, Japan and
Shuji Nakamura from the University of California "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled
bright and energy-saving white light sources".
This year's Nobel laureates have been rewarded for having invented a new energy-efficient and envi-ronment-friendly light
source - the blue light-emitting diode (LED).
As about one fourth of world electricity consumption is used for lighting purposes, the LEDs contribute to saving the Earth's
resources.
Materials consumption is also
diminished as LEDs last up to 100,000 hours, compared to 1,000 for incandescent bulbs and 10,000 hours for fluorescent lights
http://m.timesofindia.com/home/science/Nobel-Prize-for-physics-goes-to-inventors-of-low-energy-LED-light/articleshow/44605087.cms
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel prize in physics for 2014 to three Japanese-born scientists,
Isamu Akasaki from Meijo University, Hiroshi Amano from the Nagoya University, Japan and
Shuji Nakamura from the University of California "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled
bright and energy-saving white light sources".
This year's Nobel laureates have been rewarded for having invented a new energy-efficient and envi-ronment-friendly light
source - the blue light-emitting diode (LED).
As about one fourth of world electricity consumption is used for lighting purposes, the LEDs contribute to saving the Earth's
resources.
Materials consumption is also
diminished as LEDs last up to 100,000 hours, compared to 1,000 for incandescent bulbs and 10,000 hours for fluorescent lights
http://m.timesofindia.com/home/science/Nobel-Prize-for-physics-goes-to-inventors-of-low-energy-LED-light/articleshow/44605087.cms