Nobel Prize in Physics 2014: Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, Japan, Shuji Nakamura, Japan-U.S., for invention of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) – new energy efficient and environmentally friendly light source 2013: François Englert, Belgium Peter Higgs, UK 2012: Serge Haroche, France David Wineland, U.S. 2011: Saul Perlmutter, U.S. Adam G. Riess, U.S. Brian P. Schmidt, Australia 2010: Andre Geim, Russia Konstantin Novoselov, Russia Source: NobelPrize.org Picture: Gussisaurio