
2009年的"搞笑諾貝爾獎"頒獎典禮本月1日在哈佛大學(Harvard University,US)舉行,真正的諾貝爾獎獲得者到場頒獎."搞笑諾貝爾獎(Ig Nobel)"是由科學幽默期刊《不可思議研究年鑒(Annals of Improbable Research,AIR)》創立的,今年已經是第19屆了.今年獲獎的另類科學研究如下:

2009年的"搞笑諾貝爾獎"頒獎典禮本月1日在哈佛大學(Harvard University,US)舉行,真正的諾貝爾獎獲得者到場頒獎."搞笑諾貝爾獎(Ig Nobel)"是由科學幽默期刊《不可思議研究年鑒(Annals of Improbable Research,AIR)》創立的,今年已經是第19屆了.今年獲獎的另類科學研究如下:
美國芝加哥(Chicago,US)的艾蓮娜‧包德納(Elena Bodnar)、拉斐爾‧李(Raphael Lee)以及桑德拉‧瑪莉安(Sandra Marijan)研究出將一件胸罩快速改裝成兩個防毒面具的方法--一只防毒面具給自己用,另一只可以給身邊有需要的人使用.它的發明初衷卻是來自前蘇聯車諾比核電廠爆炸的慘劇.旅居芝加哥的烏克蘭醫生艾蓮娜指出,1986年許多烏克蘭人因吸入放射性碘同位素而患上癌症.以研究這場災難而展開醫學生涯的她想到,要是當時有廉價而又可隨身攜帶的防毒面具,他們的健康就不會受到那樣嚴重的傷害.她強調,這種事一定要隨時隨地準備好,而基本上每個女性都戴胸罩,女性胸罩無論杯型大小,大致上都足以覆蓋口鼻.這款產品已經申請專利,外觀與一般胸罩一樣美觀.
辛巴威儲備銀行(Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe)的總裁吉德安‧戈諾(Gideon Gono)天天鍛煉民眾的數學能力,因為銀行印制的紙鈔面額從1分到100兆不等.*Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize(BBC NEWS)
*The 2009 Ig® Nobel Prize Ceremony and Lectures(Improbable Research)
*Exploring Stock Managers' Perceptions of the Human-Animal Relationship on Dairy Farms and an Association with Milk Production(IngentaConnect)
*Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull?(Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine)
*Microbial treatment of kitchen refuse with enzyme-producing thermophilic bacteria from Giant Panda feces.(Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering)
*Does knuckle cracking lead to arthritis of the fingers?(Arthritis & Rheumatism)
*Wall Street on the Tundra(Vanity Fair)
*Fetal load and the evolution of lumbar lordosis in bipedal hominins(Nature)
*Growth of Diamond Films from Tequila(Materials Science)
*Dictionary helps crack case of notorious Polish serial offender(Irish Times)
*Garment device convertible to one or more facemasks(Google Patent)
*Zimbabwe's Casino Economy. Extraordinary Measures for Extraordinary Challenges (9780797436794): Gideon Gono: Books(Amazon.com)