The academy said the three were honored for their work with particles that " have unique properties and now spread their light from television screens and LED lamps."
Today, our front-line services still shine that lamp for us - supported by amazing achievements of modern science - and we owe them a debt of gratitude.
If you remember in a previous video, I talked about a study done at The University of Hawaii, where students literally just turned their desks towards a wall and put a note on a lamp that said Study Area.