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The three Japanese scientists won Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes — a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light source. JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY" border="0"/></a>  </div> <div>  <p class="byline ap-byline">Malcolm Ritter and Karl Ritter, Associated Press</p>  <p class="blurb">   STOCKHOLM (AP) — An invention that promises to revolutionize the way the world lights its homes and offices — and already helps create the glowing screens of mobile phones, computers and TVs— earned a Nobel Prize on Tuesday for two Japanese scientists and a Japanese-born American.  </p> <ul class="rel-links"> </ul> <a href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/2-Japanese-1-American-win-Nobel-Prize-in-physics-5805838.php" class="continues ">Continue Reading</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column narrow-col"> <div class="hl-item hl-item-2"> <h2 class="headline"> <a href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/Rare-sperm-whale-sighting-reported-off-California-5807008.php">Rare sperm whale sighting reported off California</a> </h2> <div class="img-wrap">  <a class="without_u " href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/Rare-sperm-whale-sighting-reported-off-California-5807008.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20141007223345im_/http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/32/44/55/6966119/3/premium_landscape.jpg" alt="This Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 photo provided by Capt. 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(AP) — Several pods of sperm whales emerged off the Southern California coast in an extremely rare, hours-long sighting that had whale watchers and scientists giddy with excitement.  </p> </div> <div class="ad-middle"> <div class="ad-inner ad-smallBP"> <div id="AP300" class="ad_deferrable"><script type="text/javascript">/*<![CDATA[*/ hearstPlaceAd("AP300"); /*]]>*/ </script></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="zone zone-2">  <div class="hide-rss-link hdnce-e hdnce-collection-19681-premium_subsection_top_stories">  <div class="collection hc_sub_topstories"> <div class="header"> <h4 class="kicker highlight color-link">This Week's Science News</h4> </div> <div class="sub_topstories_spacer"></div> <div class="sub_topstories_item ">  <a class="without_u " href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/Astronauts-resume-routine-spacewalks-for-NASA-5806180.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20141007223345im_/http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/32/44/33/6964930/3/premium_landscape.jpg" alt="In this image taken from NASA TV, American astronaut Reid Wiseman works outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. 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(AP) — Two spacewalking astronauts moved an old, broken pump into permanent storage Tuesday, NASA's first routine maintenance outside the International Space Station in more than a year.  </p> <a href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/Astronauts-resume-routine-spacewalks-for-NASA-5806180.php" class="continues ">Continue Reading</a> </div> <div class="sub_topstories_item no-photo "> <h2 class="headline"> <a href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/Scientists-see-severe-coral-bleaching-near-Oahu-5806635.php">Scientists see severe coral bleaching near Oahu</a> </h2>  <p class="byline ap-byline">Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press</p>  <p class="blurb">  KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — While people in Hawaii have been sweating out a lack of trade winds, corals underwater are also suffering.  </p> <a href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/Scientists-see-severe-coral-bleaching-near-Oahu-5806635.php" class="continues ">Continue Reading</a> </div> <div class="sub_topstories_item ">  <a class="without_u " href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science-environment/article/NASA-Picture-of-the-day-captures-helicopter-5806454.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20141007223345im_/http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/32/44/67/6966752/11/premium_landscape.jpg" alt="This double full-circle rainbow was seen in 2013 from a helicopter over Perth, Australia. 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(AP) — In a heavily irrigated Washington valley where fish, crops and people often compete for water, biologists are turning to one of nature's best engineers to help restore streams and salmon habitat.  </p> <a href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/Nuisance-beavers-put-to-work-restoring-streams-5805584.php" class="continues ">Continue Reading</a> </div> <div class="sub_topstories_item no-photo "> <h2 class="headline"> <a href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/Isamu-Akasaki-Hiroshi-Amano-Shuji-Nakamura-win-5805810.php">Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura win Nobel Prize in</a> </h2>   <p class="blurb">  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura win Nobel Prize in physics.  </p> <a href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/Isamu-Akasaki-Hiroshi-Amano-Shuji-Nakamura-win-5805810.php" class="continues ">Continue Reading</a> </div> <div class="sub_topstories_item ">  <a class="without_u " href="/web/20141007223345/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science/article/DNA-linked-to-how-much-coffee-you-drink-5805747.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20141007223345im_/http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/32/44/26/6964629/3/premium_landscape.jpg" alt="FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 photo, the owner of a coffee shop serves cappuccinos to judges during a barista competition in Cranberry, Pa. 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