Ig Nobel Prize Winners 2015

September 17 the most cheerful scientists from around the world gathered at Harvard University, where the ceremony was held 25th Ig Nobel Prize (Ig Nobel or Ignobelevskaya, Antinobel Prize).

It is awarded annually for the incredible, amazing and funny research, published in the official scientific press. By analogy with the Nobel Prize awarded to her humorous analogue in the same categories: physics, chemistry, biology, etc. Only ten nominations.

By tradition, the ceremony came the real Nobel Prize winners. This year there were six, including Dudley Herschbach (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986) and Frank Wilczek (Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004).

Winners of this year came as the selection. For example, scientists from the University of California conducted a study of the formation of protein in chicken egg during the boiling process, which can partially reverse the process. For the "partial splicing egg ago" Americans have received the Ig Nobel Prize for chemical Shear-Stress-Mediated Refolding of Proteins from Aggregates and Inclusion Bodies & quot ;, Journal ChemBioChem, January 2015.

for inventing a chemical recipe to partially un-boil an egg.- Improbable Research (improbresearch) September 17, 2015 blockquote> The award for physics also got the Americans. After a long study, scientists from the University of Georgia have made an incredible discovery: while urinating almost all mammals is about 21 seconds! Scientists have conducted experiments on elephants, chihuahua dog and many other animals of different sizes. Indeed, while urinating 21 seconds, plus or minus 13 seconds. & quot; Duration of Urination Does Not Change With Body Size & quot ;, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014: 201402289.

Chilean scientists have shown exceptional creativity in the field of evolutionary research. To illustrate the theory of the origin of modern birds on the feathered dinosaurs, they have attached ... chickens artificial tails! Scientific work "Taking a walk like dinosaurs: hens with artificial tails" had no equal in the category of biology Walking Like Dinosaurs: Chickens with Artificial Tails Provide Clues about Non-Avian Theropod Locomotion & quot ;, PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 2, 2014, e88458.



Chilean researcher Bruno Grossi (Bruno Grossi) with toilet plunger on the ass shows that the offset center of gravity of the chicken because of the appearance of the tail makes it move like a dinosaur i>

Scientific work is accompanied by a видеоматериалом.



Just two awards - for Physiology and Entomology - Michael Smith got from Cornell University. He just found out in what part of the body most painful bite bees. Two awards - too little compensation for painful experiments that spent devoted to science entomologist. Within a few months, Michael allowed the bees to sting themselves in 25 different parts of the body. He eventually came to the conclusion that the most painful stings are in the nostril, upper lip, and genitals. Bite into the nostril, he said, is the feeling as if the whole body hurts. & quot; Honey Bee Sting Pain Index by Body Location & quot ;, PeerJ, 2014 2: e338. The poor man. i>



Michael Smith i>

Ig Nobel Prize for literature received the Dutch linguists. They proved that at least ten languages ​​that are not linguistically related, interjection "eh?" Used to ask again the interlocutor. "Locking system misunderstandings obviously an important part of the language," - the authors explain the scientific work of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. & quot; Is 'Huh?' a universal word? Conversational infrastructure and the convergent evolution of linguistic items & quot ;, PLOS ONE, 2013.



It is difficult to overestimate the significance of the research, which has carried out a large team of Slovakia (and one Japanese). They conducted a series of experiments to find out how to biological consequences for the organism cause intense kissing and other "intimate interpersonal actions." It turns out that the intense activity that reduces the risk of skin allergies. The award - Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine Prevalence and Persistence of Male DNA Identified in Mixed Saliva Samples After Intense Kissing & quot ;, Forensic Science International Genetics, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 124-8.

Prize for economy , a rare case given for the discovery, which did not hit the pages of scientific journals, but abundantly quoted in the international media. Bangkok police came up with an effective way to combat korrputsiey. Now, if the police refuse to take bribes, he is given a monetary reward.

Special Prize for Management received the study's authors, who found an interesting phenomenon. Many successful businessmen in a child experienced a natural disaster, which did not harm him personally. As a result, they become more prone to risk-taking. & quot; What Does not Kill You Will Only Make You More Risk-Loving: Early-Life Disasters and CEO Behavior & quot ;, Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2015 Conference Paper. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Finance. Available at SSRN 2423044.

Elizabeth Oberzauher with a colleague from the University of Vienna used mathematical methods to determine how the Moroccan Emperor Moulay became the father of at least 888 children from 1697 to 1727 years - possible? It turned out math allows for such a possibility. & quot; The Case of Moulay Ismael-Fact or Fancy? & quot ;, PLOS ONE, vol. 9, no. 2, 2014, e85292.

Ig Nobel Prize is known to be awarded for studies that lead first to laugh, then think. "Sometimes these crazy things let you understand a lot," - said Michael Smith at the award ceremony.



Each laureate Ig Nobel Prize was awarded not only the statue, but the prize money - 10 trillion Zimbabwean dollars (one note), and Michael Smith received 20 trillion Zimbabwean dollars.

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