{"id":1819,"date":"2014-10-09T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2014-10-08T11:09:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T03:09:19","slug":"led-scientists-earns-nobel-prize-in-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/?p=1819","title":{"rendered":"LED Scientists Earns Nobel Prize in Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LED scientists earns Nobel Prize in Physics this year. They invented blue LED in early 1990s and revolutionized the lighting industry now and the future.<\/p>\n<p>On 7 October 2014<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 to<\/p>\n<p>Isamu Akasaki<br \/>\nMeijo University, Nagoya, Japan and Nagoya University, Japan<\/p>\n<p>Hiroshi Amano<br \/>\nNagoya University, Japan<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p>Shuji Nakamura<br \/>\nUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cfor the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-principle-for-LED.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1820\" src=\"https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-principle-for-LED.png\" alt=\"The principle for LED\" width=\"980\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-principle-for-LED.png 980w, https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-principle-for-LED-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-principle-for-LED-131x90.png 131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Light-Improvement.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1821\" src=\"https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Light-Improvement.png\" alt=\"Light Improvement\" width=\"625\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Light-Improvement.png 894w, https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Light-Improvement-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/xavierlee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Light-Improvement-161x90.png 161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/10\/07\/nobel-prize-blue-leds\" target=\"_blank\">Engadget<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/physics\/laureates\/2014\/press.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nobel Prize<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LED scientists earns Nobel Prize in Physics this year.  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