Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Professor Nakamura of UC Santa Barbara
What’s bright and blue and shiny all over? Professor Shuji Nakamura could probably tell you. Shuji Nakamura is a professor of materials and of electrical and computer engineering at UC Santa Barbara. Last week, he was given the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes. These blue light-emitting diodes are valuable because they allow for a greater energy-saving light source. The Nobel Prize in Physics
