Nobel prize winners 2014

In this July 27, 2006 photo, Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, smiles in Tokyo. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014,  for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes, a breakthrough that spurred the development of LED technology used to light up computer screens and modern smartphones.

Nobel prize winner Shuji Nakamura

Meijo University Prof. Isamu Akasaki waves upon arriving at a news conference after learning he won the Nobel Prize in physics at the university in Nagoya, central Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Japanese scientists, Akasaki, 85, Nagoya University Prof. Hiroshi Amano, 54, and Shuji Nakamura, 60, of the University of California at Santa Barbara, won Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes — a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light source.

Nobel prize winner Isamu Akasaki

Nobel prize winners (left) John O'Keefe and (right) Hiroshi Amano.

John O'Keefe- Born: 1939, New York, NY, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: University College, London, United Kingdom

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain"

Field: physiology, spatial behavior.

Hiroshi Amano
This undated photo shows Hiroshi Amano, 54, a professor at Nagoya University, Japan. Japanese scientists Amano, Isamu Akasaki, 85, a professor at Meijo University, Nagoya, and Shuji Nakamura, 60, of the University of California at Santa Barbara won Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes — a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light source.

Nobel prize winners John O'Keefe and Hiroshi Amano

Nobel prize winners (left) Edvard Moser and (right) May-Britt Moser.

Edvard Moser- Born: 1962, Ålesund, Norway

Affiliation at the time of the award: Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Trondheim, Norway

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain"

Field: physiology, spatial behavior.

May-Britt Moser

Born: 1963, Fosnavåg, Norway

Affiliation at the time of the award: Centre for Neural Computation, Trondheim, Norway

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain"

Field: physiology, spatial behavior.

Nobel prize winners Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser

Projected images of Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura are displayed as its announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Stockholm, Tuesday Oct. 7,  2014 that  the Nobel Prize in physics goes to Akasaki, Amano and Nakamura.

Nobel prize winners 2014

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