Shuji Nakamura, Nobel laureate and inventor of the blue LED, is now pioneering nuclear fusion technology, aiming to unlock limitless clean energy for a sustainable future.
The project aims to create a nuclear fusion power plant
Jul 07, 2026
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What's the storyShuji Nakamura, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who invented blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), is now working on a groundbreaking project in the field of nuclear fusion.
The University of California, Santa Barbara professor hopes to create a power plant using a new kind of high-pulse laser for nuclear fusion.
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