And the Nobel Prize goes to.... energy efficient lighting

LEDs take main stage at the Nobel Prize Awards, which is good news for DEI grads who will be trained and ready to help facilitate the country-wide shift to more energy efficient lighting systems.

"An American and two Japanese scientists won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for inventing a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source, leading to the creation of modern LED light bulbs.

Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and Shuji Nakamura of the US won the prize for developing the blue light-emitting diode (LED) -- the missing piece that now allows manufacturers to produce white-light lamps.

The arrival of such lamps is changing the way homes and workplaces are lit, offering a longer-lasting and more efficient alternative to the incandescent bulbs pioneered by Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison at the end of the 19th century."

Physics Nobel Prize winners Professor Isamu Akasaki, American Inventor Shuji Nakamura and Professor Hiroshi Amano.

Source: Reuters Photo: Sydney Herald