A group of Japanese scientists was awarded the Ig Nobel , an award that celebrates the study more crazy , for his work to measure the sliding friction that occurs when it steps on a banana skin .
Among the other winners include a Chinese team that investigated the brains of those who claim to see the face of Jesus on toast.
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 mental dangers of owning a cat as a pet axis.
“When I found out I had won the Ig Nobel stayed surprised and happy equally” Professor Kiyoshi Japanese Mabuchi, which led the investigation said a team Kitasato- University in an interview with Kyodo and released today.
Mabuchi, 63, professor of medical engineering at this institution, applauded the award, parody of the prestigious Nobel , for the visibility it brings to the work done by his research group.
The scientific humor magazine “Annals of Improbable Research” grants each year the Ig Nobel, divided into 10 categories, ten unusual or trivial scientific achievements “that first make people laugh and then make them think.”
The winning project is practical applications in the research area of Mabuchi: body joints.
“The mechanism that reduces the friction in joints is the same thing that makes it so easy to slip on a banana peel,” the researcher in the interview.
This year 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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