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A Nobel that gives our eyes the blues

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  • 07 October 2014
  • Francine Behar-Cohen
    • CHUV
    • Biologie et de médecine, UNIL
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The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has rewarded the invention of the blue light-emitting diode. Indispensable to LEDs, these low-energy bulbs are ubiquitous in our daily lives. They diffuse a blue light that is not, however, without risk to our retina.

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