ZURICH –
A late former professor at Asahikawa Medical University has gained the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine for scientifically inspecting the correct strategy to blow the nostril, extending Japan’s streak of Ig Nobel winners to twenty consecutive years.
The thirty sixth Ig Nobel Prize ceremony was held in Zurich, Switzerland, on September 3.
The Medicine Prize was awarded to the late Tokuji Unno, a former professor at Asahikawa Medical University, for analysis that used scientific strategies to research how folks ought to blow their noses.
Miki Takahara, a professor at Asahikawa Medical University and former pupil of Unno, accepted the trophy on his behalf. “He was a pioneer in research into nasal physiology and airflow,” Takahara mentioned.
During the ceremony, invited recipients of the unique Nobel Prize honored Unno’s work by blowing their noses.
Unno measured and analyzed the act of nose-blowing from an aerodynamic perspective and concluded that blowing one nostril at a time permits air to move by way of extra effectively.
His analysis additionally discovered that even forceful nose-blowing doesn’t have a direct impact on the ears, serving to set up what he thought of the right technique of blowing the nostril.
The award marks the twentieth consecutive 12 months wherein a Japanese recipient has been honored with an Ig Nobel Prize.
The Chemistry Prize was additionally awarded to analysis involving scientists from Japan’s High Energy Accelerator Research Organization. The research examined a milk-like nutrient produced contained in the our bodies of cockroaches.
Source: TBS