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Playwrights Parks, O'Brien get Horton Foote Prize
2014-10-08 02:32:55| Food - Topix.net
This Oct. 6, 2014 photo released by the O&M Co. shows playwrights Suzan-Lori Parks, left, and Dan O'Brien, recipients of the Horton Foote Prize for excellence in American theater at a reception in New York.
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Nobel Prize Goes to Inventors Blue LED: Why It Was Revolutionary
2014-10-07 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The 2014 Nobel Prize in physics went Tuesday to three scientists who gave lighting a makeover by inventing blue LED lights. The award recognizes a seemingly commonplace innovation, but one that has paved the way for a sea change in lighting efficiency that is under way around the world. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED) in Japan in the early 1990s, triggering a "fundamental transformation of lighting technology," according to a press...
Blue LED inventors awarded Nobel Prize for creating white LED lighting revolution
2014-10-07 13:40:42| Extremetech
The three Japanese scientists who invented the first efficient blue LEDs in the mid 1990s have received the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics. The invention of efficient blue LEDs was a foundational step in the creation of the bright white LED lights being produced by the likes of Cree and Philips, which are driving the most significant transformation in lighting technology since the invention of the incandescent bulb.
Nobel Prize awarded to scientists for discovering the brains inner GPS system
2014-10-06 15:27:25| Extremetech
2014's Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser, and Edvard Moser for their discovery of the brain's 'inner GPS' system. The prize revolves around their discovery of place cells and grid cells in the brain that appear to create a cognitive map of every room or space that you've ever explored. As you move around a room or space, a very specific place cell fires -- and when you visit the same place again in the future, the same place cell fires every time.
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The Makers Of Adamsa Pet Care Brand Announce Grand Prize Winner Of Smart Pets Contest
2014-09-29 14:07:16| Chemicals - Topix.net
Her entry showcased the smart talents of her English Bulldog Ducky and won the exciting choice of cash or a smartA car plus smart pet bragging rights. Stardom for the clever canine begins today as a close-up of Ducky flashes for thousands of people from a huge digital billboard 23 stories above Earlier this year, the makers of Adamsa products put out the call-for-entries for the Smart Pets Contest through special events, advertising and online promotions.
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