Ig Nobel Prize - The Review Of Most Worthless Findings
One of the most curious and notorious academic awards is the world-wide known Ig Nobel Prize
. It is given since 1991 to the researchers that managed to release the most worthless or ridiculous pieces of scientific research. It was issued by Harvard University that is famous for the world record in the amount of Nobel Prize winners and also the US popular science magazine The Annals of Improbable Research. Here are a few latest Ig Nobel winners.
1.Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson from Newcastle University gained the Ig Nobel Prize in veterinary in 2009 for the research that proved that cows without names produce less milk than those who have.
2.Mexican researchers Javier Morales, Miguel Apatiga, and also Victor M. Castagno were awarded the prize in chemistry . They invented the technology of making diamonds of tequila.
3.Elena N. Bodnar, Raphael C. Lee, with Sandra Marijan from Chicago were honored the health Ig Nobel Prize for the creation of a bra that can be fast turned into a couple of masks.
4.In 2008 the peace Ig Nobel was provided to The Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology. The association developed the law that announced that plants have dignity.
5.Dorian Raymer and Douglas Smith - the scientists from the USA - were given in 2008 with the Prize in physics. They found the facts for the theory that a braided chain will be tied in knots automatically.
6.In 2006 Daniel Oppenheimer from Princeton University became the Ig Nobel Prize laureate in literature. The work he was honored for was entitled Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly.
7.In 2007 the Ig Nobel Prize of peace was granted to The Air Force Wright Lab in Ohio. They discovered the study for creation of a chemical weapon that would turn opponent soldiers into homosexuals.