Three researchers helped revolutionize lighting with vastly better energy efficiency and brightness. The light-emitting diodes also are used in data storage, TVs and smartphones. Stephen Shankland ...

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics is going to a founder of an LED lighting startup in California. Shuji Nakamura, founder of Fremont startup Soraa, was awarded the Nobel alongside Isamu Akasaki and.

A study has found that students are more engaged in laboratory courses that are designed to emphasize and teach experimentation skills (Courtesy:iStock/AlexPotemkin ...

College professors these days face an ever-higher bar to grab the attention of their students, forced to compete with the stimuli of smartphones and laptops in large lecture halls. But when your ...