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MOTORI - MotoGP - Red Bull Gran Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera

MOTORI - MotoGP - Red Bull Gran Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera

Marco Bezzecchi from Italy rides Aprilia RS-GP of Aprilia Racing leds the group during the Warm-Up of the Red Bull Grand Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera at Marco Simoncelli International Circuit on September 14, 2025 in Misano Adriatico, Italy.

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MOTORI - MotoGP - Red Bull Gran Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera

MOTORI - MotoGP - Red Bull Gran Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera

Fabio Quartararo from France, rides Yamaha YZR-M1 of Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team leds the group during the Warm-Up of the Red Bull Grand Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera at Marco Simoncelli International Circuit on September 14, 2025 in Misano Adriatico, Italy.

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West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leds a demonstration to demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital on August 9, 2024.TMC activists, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee, shouted slogans for capital punishment for the accused. on August 16, 2024 in Kolkata City, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leds a demonstration to demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital on August 9, 2024.TMC activists, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee, shouted slogans for capital punishment for the accused. on August 16, 2024 in Kolkata City, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leds a demonstration to demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital on August 9, 2024.TMC activists, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee, shouted slogans for capital punishment for the accused. on August 16, 2024 in Kolkata City, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leds a demonstration to demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital on August 9, 2024.TMC activists, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee, shouted slogans for capital punishment for the accused. on August 16, 2024 in Kolkata City, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leds a demonstration to demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital on August 9, 2024.TMC activists, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee, shouted slogans for capital punishment for the accused. on August 16, 2024 in Kolkata City, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leds a demonstration to demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital on August 9, 2024.TMC activists, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee, shouted slogans for capital punishment for the accused. on August 16, 2024 in Kolkata City, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leds a demonstration to demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital on August 9, 2024.TMC activists, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee, shouted slogans for capital punishment for the accused. on August 16, 2024 in Kolkata City, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leds a demonstration to demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital on August 9, 2024.TMC activists, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee, shouted slogans for capital punishment for the accused. on August 16, 2024 in Kolkata City, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Demand Justice For Female Doctor Murdered - Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leds a demonstration to demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital on August 9, 2024.TMC activists, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee, shouted slogans for capital punishment for the accused. on August 16, 2024 in Kolkata City, India. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Olympic Rings Illuminated On The Eiffel Tower - Paris

Saturday evening hundreds of Parisians and tourists gathered on the Esplanade du Trocadéro to see and photograph the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings. The 5 heavy rings weighing 30 tonnes and 29 meters wide, installed during the night from Thursday to Friday, are lit white at nightfall, thanks to the 100,000 LEDs installed on them. Paris, France on June 8, 2024. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Enthusiasts breathe new life into Hong Kong's iconic neon signs

STORY: Enthusiasts breathe new life into Hong Kong's iconic neon signs DATELINE: April 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of neon signs in Hong Kong 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CARDIN CHAN, Volunteer for conserving neon signs 3. various of neon signs in Hong Kong 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CARDIN CHAN, Volunteer for conserving neon signs 5. various of neon signs in Hong Kong 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CARDIN CHAN, Volunteer for conserving neon signs 7. various of neon signs in Hong Kong 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CARDIN CHAN, Volunteer for conserving neon signs 9. various of neon signs in Hong Kong STORYLINE: When you see a movie scene featuring busy streets lit up by colorful neon signs, you know immediately that a story is happening in Hong Kong. For decades, Hong Kong was synonymous with neon signs. But with the rise of cheaper alternatives such as LEDs and stricter safety regulations, the iconic signboards gradually disappeared from the city's evenin

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Nagoya landmarks lit by blue LEDs to hail Nobel prize

Nagoya landmarks lit by blue LEDs to hail Nobel prize

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya TV Tower and the Oasis 21 complex (foreground) are illuminated in blue with light-emitting diodes in Nagoya on Dec. 10, 2014, in celebration of the winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics by Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano and Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki for inventing the blue LED. Both universities are located in the central Japan city. Another Japanese scientist, University of California professor Shuji Nakamura, also shared the honor for the same invention.

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Nijubashi Bridge at Imperial Palace illuminated with LEDs

Nijubashi Bridge at Imperial Palace illuminated with LEDs

TOKYO, Japan - The Nijubashi Bridge, the main entrance bridge to the Imperial Palace grounds, is illuminated with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs during a trial on Dec. 18, 2014. The palace will be illuminated from Dec. 23, the emperor's birthday, until Jan. 4.

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Christmas tree lit up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

Christmas tree lit up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - The Japan Committee for UNICEF lights up on Nov. 23, 2014, an 8-meter Christmas tree using blue LEDs at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in an effort to cheer up children in the northeastern Japanese region devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles during a press conference in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 3, 2014. The 60-year-old professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he wants to rebuild ties with former employer Nichia Corp., despite launching a lawsuit against the chemical maker over patent rights to his groundbreaking blue light-emitting diode technology. "My Nobel Prize was made possible because Nichia led the world in LEDs," Nakamura said.

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Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 3, 2014. The 60-year-old professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he wants to rebuild ties with former employer Nichia Corp., despite launching a lawsuit against the chemical maker over patent rights to his groundbreaking blue light-emitting diode technology. "My Nobel Prize was made possible because Nichia led the world in LEDs," Nakamura said.

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Nobel winners Amano, Akasaki show blue LEDs

Nobel winners Amano, Akasaki show blue LEDs

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Amano (R) and Isamu Akasaki, winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014, show blue light-emitting diodes at a press conference held at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan, on Oct. 10, 2014. Akasaki, Amano and Shuji Nakamura won the prize for the invention of efficient blue LEDs.

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Virtual-reality image of Akashi Castle keep illuminated

Virtual-reality image of Akashi Castle keep illuminated

KOBE, Japan - A virtual-reality image of Akashi Castle's keep (L) is illuminated by LEDs in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct.7, 2014, as a prelude to the 400th anniversary of its construction in 1619 by feudal lord Ogasawara Tadazane. A stone keep base remains but no keep was constructed.

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Fukuoka Tower illuminated with blue LEDs

Fukuoka Tower illuminated with blue LEDs

FUKUOKA, Japan - The 234-meter-tall Fukuoka Tower in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, is illuminated with blue light-emitting diodes and other lighting equipment on Oct. 7, 2014. Two Japanese scientists and one Japan-born scientist with U.S. citizenship were announced the same day as the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of blue LEDs.

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PM Abe congratulates Nobel Prize winner Akasaki

PM Abe congratulates Nobel Prize winner Akasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers congratulations over the phone to Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University, who was announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue LEDs with two other scientists, in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate Akasaki back in 2006

Nobel laureate Akasaki back in 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Akasaki (C), professor emeritus at Nagoya University, central Japan, poses for photos in October 2006 in front of a large light-emitting diode display at Akasaki Memorial Research Center at the university in Nagoya. Akasaki was announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue LEDs with two other scientists in October 2014.

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2014 Nobel winner Nakamura in 2005

2014 Nobel winner Nakamura in 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura (R), a Japan-born professor at UC Santa Barbara, conducts an experiment using light-emitting diodes before junior and senior high school students in Sakae village, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in July 2005. Nakamura was announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue LEDs along with two other Japanese scientists in October 2014.

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Festival using LEDs takes place on Osaka river

Festival using LEDs takes place on Osaka river

OSAKA, Japan - "The Legend of Heisei Osaka Amanogawa" (Milky Way) festival takes place on July 7, 2014, with some 50,000 light-emitting diodes floating on the surface of the Okawa River running through the central part of Osaka City.

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Geothermal power illuminations

Geothermal power illuminations

OITA, Japan - Illuminations are lit in the shapes of animals using LEDS and electricity generated from geothermal power at a hotel in spa resort Beppu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2011.

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Geothermal power illuminations

Geothermal power illuminations

OITA, Japan - Illuminations are lit in the shapes of animals using LEDS and electricity generated from geothermal power at a hotel in spa resort Beppu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2011.

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Toshiba' LEDs illuminate Louvre

Toshiba' LEDs illuminate Louvre

PARIS, France - The exterior of the Louvre art museum in Paris is illuminated by LEDs of Japan's Toshiba Corp. on Dec. 6, 2011.

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World's largest 'Aurora Vision' screen in Dubai

World's largest 'Aurora Vision' screen in Dubai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo provided by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. shows the world's largest screen called ''Aurora (Diamond) Vision'' installed at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Mitsubishi and Sojitz Corp. announced on Jan. 28, 2010, the installation of the screen measuring 107.52 meters by 10.88 meters for a total area of 1,169.8 square meters. The screen contains some 12 million light-emitting diodes or LEDs.

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Eco-friendly LEDs illuminate Tokyo's Christmas season

Eco-friendly LEDs illuminate Tokyo's Christmas season

TOKYO, Japan - A 15-meter tall fir tree is decorated for the Christmas season with around 100,000 eco-friendly light emitting diodes at the foot of Tokyo Tower in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2009. People can get into the festive spirit when the lights blink to music on the hour against the backdrop of Tokyo Tower.

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