Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki (2nd R) receives a bouquet during a press conference at the University in Nagoya, on October 7, 2014. Three Japanese-born researchers on October 7 won the Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing the LED lamp, a boon in the fight against global warming and aiding people in poverty. AFP PHOTO/Jiji Press JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
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