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b'Electricity is so 19th century. Most of the uses for it were established by the 1920s. So there\\u2019s nothing innovative left to do, right? That\\u2019s not the opinion of the Nobel committee that awarded its 2014 physics prize to scientists who invented the blue LED.\\n\\nFind out why this LED hue of blue was worthy of our most prestigious science prize \\u2026 how some bacteria actually breathe rust \\u2026 and a plan to cure disease by zapping our nervous system with electric pulses.\\n\\nGuests:\\n \\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Siddha Pimputkar \\u2013 Postdoctoral researcher in the Materials Department of the Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center under Shuji Nakamura, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Jeff Gralnick \\u2013 Associate professor of microbiology at the University of Minnesota\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Kevin Tracey \\u2013 Neurosurgeon and president of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'