A group of Japanese scientists were awarded the Ig Nobel , an award that celebrates the wildest studies for his work to measure the sliding friction that occurs when a shell banana is pressed.
Among the other winners include a Chinese team that investigated the brains of those who claim to see the face of Jesus on a toasted bun.
Also German and Czech scientists found that dogs bowel movements tend to align in a north-south or a group of researchers from different countries who studied the mental dangers of owning a cat as a pet axis.
“When I found out I had won the Ig Nobel I was surprised and pleased in equal measure,” Professor Kiyoshi Japanese Mabuchi, which led the investigation conducted by a team from the University of Kitasato- in an interview with Kyodo News said .
Mabuchi, 63, professor of medical engineering at this institution, applauded the award, the prestigious parody Nobel , for the visibility it brings to the work done by his research group.
Scientific humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research given annually Ig Nobel, divided into 10 categories, 10 unusual or trivial scientific achievements “that first make people laugh and then make them think.”
The winning project has practical applications in the area of research Mabuchi: body joints.
“The mechanism that reduces friction in the joints is the same that makes it so easy to slip on a banana peel,” the researcher in the interview.
This year’s was the 24th edition of the Ig Nobel awards, where Japanese scientists have been awarded consecutively in the last eight deliveries.
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