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<title><![CDATA[México gana su primer Ig Nobel]]></title>
<link>http://physicscience.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/mexico-gana-su-primer-ig-nobel/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[El primero de octubre pasado se llevó a cabo, en el Teatro Sanders de la Universidad de Harvard, la ]]></description>
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<td width="77%" valign="top"><a href="http://physicscience.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/132_raf_01.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-389" title="132_raf_01" src="http://physicscience.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/132_raf_01.jpg" alt="" width="214" height="161" /></a>El primero de octubre pasado se llevó a cabo, en el Teatro Sanders de la Universidad de Harvard, la XIX Ceremonia Anual de entrega de los Premios Ig Nobel, una afortunada parodia de los Nobel que premia investigaciones que “primero te hacen reír y luego te hacen pensar”. Se trata de investigaciones serias (aunque no lo parezcan), que se publicaron en revistas científicas de prestigio.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top">Esa noche los reconocimientos del año fueron entregados nada menos que por nueve premios Nobel y uno de ellos fue para investigadores mexicanos: el Ig Nobel de química fue otorgado a Javier Morales de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, y Miguel Apátiga y Víctor M. Castaño de la UNAM, por crear diamantes a partir del tequila. Ya sabíamos que esta bebida que nos ha hecho famosos en el mundo entero era valiosa, pero no sabíamos cuánto.</p>
<p>La investigación se llevó a cabo en el Laboratorio de Películas Delgadas del Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada (CFATA) de la UNAM, ubicado en Juriquilla, Querétaro. Miguel Apátiga Castro y sus colegas primero obtuvieron estructuras de diamante a partir de soluciones como la acetona, el etanol y el metano, compuestos que contienen átomos de carbono y de hidrógeno. Encontraron que al diluir en agua el etanol (o alcohol etílico, principal componente de las bebidas alcohólicas) para formar un compuesto de 40 % de etanol y 60 %de agua, se obtienen películas de diamante de buena calidad. Apátiga recordó que esta proporción era muy similar a la del tequila y se preguntó si podría usar esta bebida como precursor de los diamantes. Una mañana de camino a su laboratorio, compró una anforita de tequila blanco barato e inició las pruebas. Temía que las otras sustancias presentes en el tequila contaminaran el proceso, pero no fue así. Apátiga relata que “Los resultados fueron sorprendentes: al igual que con la mezcla de etanol y agua, obtuvimos diamantes de forma casi esférica y tamaño nanométrico. No cabe duda: el tequila tiene la proporción exacta de átomos de carbono, hidrógeno y oxígeno para formar diamantes”. Entonces, con ayuda de un equipo de físicos de la Universidad de Vilna, Lituania, Apátiga y sus colegas diseñaron un aparato llamado MOCVD (siglas en inglés de Deposición Química de Vapor Metalorgánico). El tequila se calienta a 280 ºC para transformarlo en gas. Después pasa a una cámara de reacción a 800 ºC para romper la estructura molecular de sus componentes. Finalmente los átomos de carbono se depositan unos encima de otros sobre una base de acero inoxidable, formando una delgadísima capa con la estructura del diamante. Por ser el diamante una de las sustancias más duras y resistentes, este hallazgo puede tener muchas aplicaciones. Los diamantes artificiales se pueden usar, por ejemplo, como sustituto del silicio en los chips de las computadoras, o para recubrir herramientas de corte.</p>
<p>Aunque pueda parecer gracioso que el tequila se use como materia prima para hacer diamantes, el hallazgo de Apátiga, Morales y Castaño es resultado de una investigación científica seria que seguramente tendrá repercusiones importantes. Lo mismo se puede decir de los otros ganadores de los premios Ig Nobel de este año. Veamos.</p>
<p>El de medicina veterinaria fue otorgado a Catherine Douglas y Peter Rowlinson, de la Universidad de Newcastle, Reino Unido, por demostrar que las vacas con nombre producen más leche que las que reciben un trato impersonal de parte de sus dueños. Catherine Douglas no pudo asistir a la ceremonia porque acababa de dar a luz, pero envió un foto de ella y su bebé recién nacido ataviado con disfraz de vaca, y una vaca.</p>
<p>El Ig Nobel de la paz se otorgó a unos investigadores de la Universidad de Berna, Suiza, por determinar experimentalmente que es mejor recibir un golpe en la cabeza con una botella llena de cerveza que con una vacía.</p>
<p>El premio Ig Nobel de física fue otorgado a Katherine K. Whitcome, de la Universidad de Cincinnatti, quien mostró por qué las embarazadas no se van de bruces pese a la prominencia del vientre. Durante la ceremonia, Elena Bodnar hizo una demostración del invento que le valió el premio Ig Nobel 2009 de salud pública. Se trata de un brassier que, en caso de emergencia, puede rápidamente convertirse en un par de máscaras antigás, una para la dueña de la prenda y la otra para un acompañante. Para demostrar la eficacia de este desarrollo tecnológico, Bodnar fue amablemente asistida por los ganadores del premio Nobel de física 2001, Wolfgang Ketterle, de literatura 2006, Orhan Pamuk, y de economía 2008, Paul Krugman, quienes se pusieron el brassier-máscara en sus adustos rostros. El video de la ceremonia, en la que se presentó la miniópera <em>The Big Bank Theory</em>, puede verse en www.improbable.com</td>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Por Martha Duhne</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Domingueiras]]></title>
<link>http://batatatransgenica.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/domingueiras-20/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>naomi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Edgar, Allan e Poe, mascotes do Baltimore Ravens Edgar, Allan e Poe são os três corvos-mascotes do B]]></description>
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<p>Edgar, Allan e Poe são os três corvos-mascotes do Baltimore Ravens [v. outros mascotes no site <a href="http://www.footballbabble.com/football/nfl/mascots/" target="_blank">Football Babble</a>]. Eu achei <strong>tão</strong> apropriado!</p>
<blockquote><p>But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,<br />
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;<br />
Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking<br />
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore<br />
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore<br />
Meant in croaking &#8220;Nevermore.&#8221; [<a href="http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Raven.html#The%20Raven" target="_blank">The Raven</a> - A Study Guide]</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Domingo passado, assistindo ao jogo de futebol americano, dona mãe diz:</p>
<p>- Olha, é fácil, tou entendendo tudo.</p>
<p>E ela se divertia com as gracinhas do Ivan Zimmermann. Mas a que me fez rir até doer a barriga foi:</p>
<p>- Tem uns jogadores bonitos, né. Mas até os que são feios de cara têm a bunda bonita.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>A ação Papai Noel dos Correios já está aceitando adoção de cartinhas [<a title="Correios" href="http://www.correios.com.br/institucional/conheca_correios/acoes_cidadania/papai_noel.cfm" target="_blank">Correios</a> e <a href="http://www.jornaldamanhamarilia.com.br/noticia/866/Programa-social-resgata-a-ilusao-das-criancas/">Diário de Marília</a>].</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Meu dia só começa depois que acesso <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/" target="_blank">I can has cheezburger?</a>.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Por um lado, estudo mostra que apenas 7,5% dos brasileiros compram obras de literatura [<a title="UOL" href="http://entretenimento.uol.com.br/ultnot/efe/2009/11/21/ult1817u11089.jhtm" target="_blank">link</a>] e leem 1,3 livros por ano.</p>
<p>Por outro lado &#8211; ou melhor, do outro lado do mundo, crianças japonesas lêem média de 35,9 livros por ano [<a title="Made in Japan" href="http://madeinjapan.uol.com.br/2009/11/16/criancas-japonesas-leem-media-de-359-livros-por-ano/" target="_blank">link</a>].</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Armei-me de coragem e retomei a leitura de Jonathan Strange &#38; Mr. Norrell. Tentarei terminar até o final do ano, pra <a title="Quarto dos gatinhos" href="http://telinha.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Telinha</a> de orgulhar de mim [ou da minha teimosia, heh].</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Pra quem tem criança pequena, a Sam Shiraishi <a title="A vida como a vida quer" href="http://www.samshiraishi.com/os-classicos-da-familia/" target="_blank">apresenta</a> uma lista de opções que eu vou aproveitar, é claro. Ótima ideia pro natal.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Aliás, é uma ótima alternativa pra quem tava com a ideia de <a title="R7" href="http://noticias.r7.com/rio-e-cidades/noticias/armas-de-plastico-sao-destruidas-no-rio-20091121.html" target="_blank">presentear</a> com armas de brinquedo, nué?</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Agora, que tal um concurso que premia sexo ruim em literatura? Não o ato em si, mas como é <a title="Guardian" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/19/bad-sex-factor-prize-shortlist">escrito</a>. A concorrência é feroz: Amos Oz, Nick Cave [yeah, o rockstar], Philip Roth, Paul Theroux, John Banville&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>No ep <a title="S05E07" href="http://www.tv.com/criminal-minds/the-performer/episode/1303120/summary.html" target="_blank">The Performer</a> [Criminal Minds], Gavin Rossdale faz um cover de Love Will Tear Us Apart, do Joy Division. Morri.</p>
<blockquote><p>Garcia: A senha era Cullen.<br />
JJ: É claro.<br />
Reid: Cólon?<br />
JJ: Cullen. A família vampiro de Crepúsculo.<br />
Reid: O que é Crepúsculo?</p></blockquote>
<p>Morri duas vezes!</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Tem um projeto na câmara de Pedra Lascada que prevê a proibição de sacolas plásticas no comércio local. Mãe Naomidináh prevê choro e ranger de dentes.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Muita gente ri do Prêmio Ig Nobel, uma honraria [?] concedida para as pesquisas mais esdrúxulas e aprentemente inúteis do mundo. Mas você sabia que quem entrega o troféu são cientistas laureados com o Nobel?</p>
<blockquote><p>Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that &#8220;first make people laugh and then make them think,&#8221; according to U.S.-based Improbable Research, a grouping of scientists, journalists and other luminaries from around the world that bestowed these honors for work in many fields since 1991.<a title="Japan Times &#124; Panda-poop prof scoops Ig Nobel honor" href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20091115x2.html" target="_blank">Japan Times</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>[Via @<a title="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/emersonpardo/status/5857827771" target="_blank">emersonpardo</a>] Cursos online GRATUITOS, com certificação, oferecidos pela FGV [<a title="FGV" href="http://www5.fgv.br/fgvonline/CursosGratuitos.aspx" target="_blank">link</a>].</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>[Via @<a title="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/Fabio_Gigabyte/status/5793777981" target="_blank">Fabio_Gigabyte</a>] Don&#8217;t feed the <a title="Dicas Blogger" href="http://dicasblogger.blogspot.com/2009/10/deselegancia-imaturidade-e-os-trolls.html" target="_blank">trolls</a>.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>[Via @<a title="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/onetto/status/5656529746" target="_blank">onetto</a>] dica de site que a gente nunca sabe quando pode vir a ser útil: <a href="http://www.fazfacil.com.br/" target="_blank">Faz Fácil</a>.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>[Via @<a title="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/chando/status/5822231731" target="_blank">chando</a>] o que Star Wars nos ensina sobre gerenciamento de carreira &#8211; em inglês, no site <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/506108/What_Star_Wars_Teaches_Us_About_Career_Management" target="_blank">CIO.com</a>.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Sons of Anarchy: geeente, Ron Perlman tá fazibilíssimo.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Com esse calor que tá fazendo, pareço uma gueixa: emplastrada de pasta d&#8217;água e talco.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Tou com vontade de comer uma coisa que eu não sei o que é.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><strong>Gavin Rossdale &#8211; Love will tear us apart</strong></p>
<p><!--more--><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/W39je5sUF5w&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/W39je5sUF5w&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Link <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39je5sUF5w" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39je5sUF5w</a></p>
<p>Quando o ep começou me deu um momento déjà vu total e pensei que fosse o Brandon Lee em O Corvo.</p>
<p><strong>Blue Man Group feat. Gavin Rossdale &#8211; The Current</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/a8zsOkNs13s&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/a8zsOkNs13s&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Link <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8zsOkNs13s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8zsOkNs13s</a></p>
<p>Agora perceba que diferença na versão <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIA61HB46yg" target="_blank">ao vivo</a>, como a voz dele saiu fraquinha&#8230; Não que eu ligue, ele já tem crédito o bastante por seu pai das crianças mais istaile éva.</p>
<p><strong>Duran Duran &#8211; Hungry like the wolf</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/GJRCE6e2xIg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/GJRCE6e2xIg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Link </a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJRCE6e2xIg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJRCE6e2xIg</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ig Nobel 2009]]></title>
<link>http://avinashkishoreshahi.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/ig-nobel/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gideon Gono, the governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank, won the Ig Nobel prize for Mathematics in 2009]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Gideon Gono, the governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank, won the <a href="http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2009">Ig Nobel</a> prize for <strong>Mathematics</strong> in 2009. He was recognized for:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;<strong>giving people a simple, everyday way to cope with a wide range of numbers — from very small to very big — by having his bank print bank notes with denominations ranging from one cent ($.01) to one hundred trillion dollars ($100,000,000,000,000)&#8221;.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>In 2008, Zimbabwe&#8217;s peak hyperinflation rate reached 79,600,000,000 %(79.6 billion %) per month. At this rate, nominal price of things would double every 24 hours. Hungary, in 1945-46, experienced inflation rate of 41.9 quadrillion percent (41,900,000,000,000,000)per month, a record unsurpassed: <em>na bhuto, na bhavishyati</em>.</p>
<p>Other Ig Nobel Prizes are just as interesting and deserving.</p>
<p>The PEACE prize went to Stephen Bolliger, Stephen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali and Beat Kneubuehl of the University of Bern, Switzerland:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;<strong>for determining — by experiment — whether it is better to be smashed over the head with a full bottle of beer or with an empty bottle&#8221;</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>And the Economics Prize was awarded to the directors, executives, and auditors of four Icelandic Banks: Kaupthing Bank, Landsbanki, Glitnir Bank, and Central Bank of Iceland:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;for demonstrating that tiny banks can be rapidly transformed into huge banks, and vice versa — and for demonstrating that similar things can be done to an entire national economy&#8221;.</strong></p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Cosa ho imparato questa settimana - I]]></title>
<link>http://valentinamente.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/cosa-ho-imparato-questa-settimana-i/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Vale</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Questa settimana ho imparato che: esiste una paura che si chiama papafobia. Sarebbe la paura persist]]></description>
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<li>esiste una paura che si chiama <a href="http://www.fobie.org/Papafobia.html" target="_blank"><strong>papafobia</strong></a>. Sarebbe la paura persistente, anormale e ingiustificata del Papa. Tanto ingiustificata non direi, eh&#8230;</li>
<li>i miei gatti <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2009/10/sezioni/ambiente/cani-inquinamento/cani-inquinamento/cani-inquinamento.html" target="_blank">consumerebbero come un SUV</a>, a questo punto mi chiedo (come anche qualche commentatore della notizia) quanto consumano invece questi sedicenti ricercatori, e li proporrei come candidati per l&#8217;<a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premio_Ig_Nobel" target="_blank">ig-nobel</a>.</li>
<li>il fatto che Marrazzo vada a trans è scandaloso, invece quell&#8217;altro che si porta le mignotte nella villa, nell&#8217;aereo presidenziale e le candida al parlamento europeo è fico!</li>
<li><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/Rj1UCdNHvzI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/W1_ZTJg15R8/s400/Alvar_Aalto_portrait.jpg" target="_blank">Alvar Aalto</a> a scuola stava sempre in punizione, ma poi ha costruito questa:</li>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-520" title="aalvmair1" src="http://valentinamente.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/aalvmair1.jpg" alt="aalvmair1" width="510" height="340" /></p>
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<li>per guarire dalle fobie<a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/08/gallerie/gente/foto-fobie/1.html" target="_blank"> bisogna fotografarle</a>&#8230; aspettatevi una valanga di ritratti della nostra vecchia amica, la vespa mandarina!</li>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-521" title="vespa-mandarinia2" src="http://valentinamente.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/vespa-mandarinia2.jpg" alt="vespa-mandarinia2" width="510" height="407" /><em></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>(<a href="http://teddy97.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/asiatische-hornissen-toten-heimische-bienen/" target="_blank">Tiè</a>, così incrementiamo le visite al blog, che la mandarina tira sempre&#8230;)</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ig-Nobel Ateşi]]></title>
<link>http://sesar.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/ig-nobel-atesi/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>SeSar</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[İster istemez BirSoruSor’un açılması ile burayı boşladım gibi algılanabilir. Ama farkındalık sahibi ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Τα αντι-βραβεία Νόμπελ 2009]]></title>
<link>http://erevnes.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/ig-nobel-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Erevnitis</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Τα αντι-βραβεία Νόμπελ (Ig Nobel) 2009 απονεμήθηκαν την Πέμπτη 01-10-2009 κατά τη 19η Ετήσια Τελετή ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Los Nobel alternativos]]></title>
<link>http://jordiandreucorbaton.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/los-nobel-alternativos/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Se entregan los Nobel alternativos, los Ig Nobel de la Universidad de Harvard (EE UU). Los premiados]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Se entregan los Nobel alternativos, los Ig Nobel de la <span style="color:#ff0000;">Universidad de Harvard </span>(EE UU). Los premiados, el inventor de un sujetador que se convierte en máscara anti-gas, unos estudiosos que presentan un trabajo analizando si es peor que te den en la cabeza con una botella vacía o llena&#8230;</p>
<p>Hilarante&#8230; <a href="http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Nobel/alternativos/premian/sujetador/convierte/mascaras/gas/elpepusoc/20091002elpepusoc_7/Tes">Completo aquí</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ig Nobel Prize winners 1995]]></title>
<link>http://mikeleo.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/ig-nobel-prize-winners-1995/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Here are some selected winners: Peace - Presented to the Taiwan National Parliament, for demonstrati]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[And the winner is................]]></title>
<link>http://geekheartsscience.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/and-the-winner-is/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[So it’s award season in the scientific world………and it’s a biggie….The Nobel Prize. Every year since ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So it’s award season in the scientific world………and it’s a biggie….<a href="http://nobelprize.org/">The Nobel Prize</a>. Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace, and from 1968 the Sveriges Riksbank Prize for Economic Sciences was also introduced. Winners take home a medal, a diploma and a big fat cheque for 10m Swedish Kronor (~£800,000)…oh and the small bonus of international recognition for your life’s hard work.</p>
<p>So this year the science gongs go to:</p>
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<li>Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine; jointly to <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/">Elizabeth      H. Blackburn (University of California, USA), Carol W. Greider (John      Hopkins University, USA) and Jack W. Szostak (Harvard Medical School, USA) </a> for the discovery of “how      chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase”</li>
<li>Nobel Prize for Physics; half to <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/index.html">Charles      K. Kao</a> (Standard Telecommunication Technologies and the Chinese      University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) for “groundbreaking achievements      concerning the transmission of light in fibres for optical communication”      and half shared between William S. Boyle and George E. Smith (both from      Bell Laboratories, USA) for “the invention of an imaging semiconductor      circuit- the CCD sensor”</li>
<li>Nobel Prize for Chemistry; jointly to <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/">Venkatraman      Ramakrishnan (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge, UK), Thomas      A. Steitz (Yale University, USA) and Ada E. Yonath (Weizmann Institute of      Science, Israel)</a> for “studies of the structure and function of the      ribosome”.</li>
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<p>In layman’s terms that is;</p>
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<li>Physiology of Medicine; understanding how the ends of      DNA molecules are maintained (“just like the plastic tips on shoelaces”)      which has important implications for cancer and ageing.</li>
<li>Physics; revolutionising modern communications by      transmitting light along glass fibres over huge distances (it’s how we get      our broadband) and the CCD is the eye of digital cameras (it’s in the camera      in our mobile phones).</li>
<li>Chemistry; understanding the mechanism of how cells      make proteins, which is absolutely fundamental to life.</li>
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<p>Now, let’s not forget the other important prize of the year…..<a href="http://improbable.com/">The Ig Nobel’s</a> (the website alone is worth a look for the picture of Nobel Laureates wearing one of this year’s inventions, a bra/facemask, and a video about the first recorded case of a homosexual necrophiliac duck….yes really).</p>
<div id="attachment_55" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-55" title="Ketterle-Bodnar-Pamuk-Krugman-400pix (alexey eliseeve)" src="http://geekheartsscience.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/ketterle-bodnar-pamuk-krugman-400pix-alexey-eliseeve.gif?w=150" alt="2009 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. Left to right; Wolfgang Ketterle, Elena Bodnar, Orhan Pamuk and Paul Krugman. Photo; Alexey Eliseev" width="150" height="99" /><p class="wp-caption-text">2009 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. Left to right; Wolfgang Ketterle, Elena Bodnar, Orhan Pamuk and Paul Krugman. Photo; Alexey Eliseev</p></div>
<p>The “Igs” are awarded to scientists whose work “first makes people laugh, and then makes people think”. <a href="http://improbable.com/ig/winners/">This year’s highlights</a> include prizes for:</p>
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<li>Peace; shared between <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&#38;_udi=B8CY1-4TVY5PW-1&#38;_user=10&#38;_rdoc=1&#38;_fmt=&#38;_orig=search&#38;_sort=d&#38;_docanchor=&#38;view=c&#38;_acct=C000050221&#38;_version=1&#38;_urlVersion=0&#38;_userid=10&#38;md5=622fa652012f3f82cb1f8523dd9b9e2a">Stephan      Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael J. Thali and Beat P. Kneubuehl</a> from the University of Bern (Switzerland), for their work on whether it is      better to be smashed over the head with a full or empty bottle of beer.</li>
<li>Veterinary Medicine; shared between <a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berg/anthroz/2009/00000022/00000001/art00006">Catherine      Douglas (nee Bertenshaw) and Peter Rowlinson</a> from Newcastle University      (UK), for their work showing that dairy cows given a name produce more      milk.</li>
<li>Physics; shared between <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7172/abs/nature06342.html#a1">Katherine      K. Whitcome (University of Cincinnatti, USA), Daniel E. Lieberman (Harvard      University, USA) and Liza J. Shapiro (University of Texas, USA),</a> for      their analysis of how pregnant women stay upright and don’t topple over      all the time.</li>
<li>Biology; shared between <a href="http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200310/000020031003A0267180.php">Fumiaki      Taguchi, Song Guofu, and Zhang Guanglei</a> from Kitasato University      (Japan) for their work showing that bacteria from giant panda poo can      reduce kitchen waste mass by 90%.</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Ig Nobel Prizes: Knuckle Cracking and Gas Mask Bras]]></title>
<link>http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/10/08/ig-nobel-prizes-knuckle-cracking-and-gas-mask-bras/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Greetings, Earthlings. This week on the HSW blogs, we&#8217;ve been covering the Ig Nobel Prizes. Th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Greetings, Earthlings. This week on the HSW blogs, we&#8217;ve been covering the <a href="http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2009" target="_blank">Ig Nobel Prizes</a>. These are awards given in different fields of research, much like the Nobel Prize. The key to the Ig Nobels is that all of the research, while unusual, is valid and real. There may be a tongue planted firmly in cheek with the awards, but they insist that they&#8217;re not making fun of anyone. It&#8217;s a celebration of science in all its wackiness. So the handsome and dashing <a href="http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/author/hswrlamb/" target="_self">Robert Lamb</a>, fresh off his trip to Asia, had the swell idea of covering this year&#8217;s winners. You can find the other posts <a href="http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/10/06/robert-lamb-made-me-write-this-zimbabwe-and-the-ig-nobel-prize/" target="_self">here</a>, <a href="http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/10/07/ig-noble-prizes-2009-pregnant-ladies-walk-funny/" target="_self">here</a>, <a href="http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/10/07/ig-noble-prizes-2009-pregnant-ladies-walk-funny/" target="_self">here</a> and <a href="http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/10/06/ig-nobel-prizes-2009-bar-fights/" target="_self">here</a>.</p>
<p>In the fields of medicine and public health we have a couple of interesting bits of research. For medicine, this year&#8217;s winner was Donald L. Unger, a physician in Thousand Oaks, Calif. We all have heard that cracking knuckles is bad for your joints and can lead to arthritis. Well Dr. Unger did a little research of his own with a simple test &#8212; crack the knuckles of his left hand only, never his right. Sounds like no big deal right? Consider that he did this every day <strong>FOR 60 YEARS</strong> and you may have some more appreciation for his method. Well done, doctor. So what was the result? File it under &#8220;<a href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-nature/health-myths/5-old-wives-tales-health.htm" target="_self">old wive&#8217;s tale</a>&#8221; as there was no difference in his fingers.</p>
<p>The winner in the public health category was Elena N. Bodnar, of Hinsdale, Ill., and Ukraine, and Raphael C. Lee and Sandra  Marijan, of Chicago, Ill. These three took it upon themselves to do something to combat the fears of biological terrorism. Did they create a portable bomb shelter? No. An anthrax kit for the home? Negative. They invented a brassiere that quickly converts into two gas masks. More than meets the eye indeed. Well done, folks.</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s that. Robert will be wrapping things up tomorrow on the Science Stuff blog.</p>
<p>Reading is fundamental:<br />
<a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/ig-nobel-prize.htm" target="_self">How do the Ig Nobel Prizes work?</a><br />
<a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/10-ways-to-die.htm" target="_self">10 Bizarre Ways to Die</a><br />
<a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/10-ways-to-die.htm" target="_self">What makes your knuckles pop?</a></p>
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<link>http://asincronos.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/john-cobra-al-rescate/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Research that makes you laugh...and then makes you think]]></title>
<link>http://fcmdsc.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/research-that-makes-you-laugh-and-then-makes-you-think/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[by Toby J. Swaford, K-12 Education Coordinator For those of you unfamiliar with the Ig Nobel, it’s a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>by Toby J. Swaford, K-12 Education Coordinator</em></p>
<p>For those of you unfamiliar with the Ig Nobel, it’s a bit like the Nobel Prize, minus the generous cash award, the trip to Switzerland, and any of the gravitas.</p>
<p>According to Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, and founder of the Ig Nobel Prize,  the prize is awarded for “achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced.”  Abrahams warns that you should “Examine that phrase carefully. It covers a lot of ground. It says nothing as to whether a thing is good or bad, commendable or pernicious.” What this means is that after something is discovered or invented for the first time, it can not be discovered or invented for the first time, again.</p>
<p>For example, take the case of 1996 winner of the Ig Noble Art Prize, Don Featherstone. While the name may not ring a bell, chances are you’ve seen his work. Don Featherstone is the creator of the pink plastic flamingo, which absolutely qualifies under the “cannot be repeated” clause. Once the pink plastic flamingo was invented, it could never be invented again. Although, growing up in Florida, I saw many people attempt to improve upon the concept, including a variety of holiday outfits designed for the plasticized Ciconiiformes. So far, there is no Ig Nobel Prize for flamingo fashion, but who knows what the future may hold.</p>
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<p>The Ig, as it’s affectionately known, isn’t designed to honor the best or the worst like so many other awards, instead it celebrates the muddled middle in which most of us exist. It acknowledges not that you have accomplished something for the betterment, or detriment of humankind; but simply that you have accomplished some thing. Every year, about half of the prizes are awarded to people that have done something useful, albeit somewhat laughable at first glance. The other half is reserved for work that is considered … well, questionable at best.</p>
<p>Some of the research that has garnered the Ig in the past includes that of two time prize winner, Jacques Benveniste (Ig Noble Chemistry Prize, 1991 &#38; 1998) who claimed that water molecules not only have memories, but that those memories could be digitally transmitted over telephone lines. Benveniste’s research was never successfully reproduced, but is still one of the tenants held by many homeopaths as to the “validity” of their work. Likewise, Louis Kervran won the Ig Nobel Prize for Physics in 1993 for his research on chicken eggs, and his attempt to demonstrate that the calcium in the eggshell is created in a process of cold fusion. Needless to say, both the claims of smart water and nuclear chickens are dubious at best.</p>
<p>Then there’s the group of behavioral scientists that were able to train pigeons to discriminate between the paintings of Picasso and Monet. On the surface, producing avian art snobs may seem kind of goofy, but a deeper look can show insight into the effects of conditioning and reinforcement on both bird and human behavior. Other valid research has included that of Anders Barheim and Hogne Sandvik, who won the prize for biology by demonstrating that sour cream stimulated the appetite of leeches, while beer had an intoxicating effect and garlic often proved fatal. Not only did Barheim and Hogne successfully petition to win the Ig, they also helped solve the conundrum of what to serve, and not serve, whilst entertaining leeches.</p>
<p>While, understandably, not everyone loves the Ig Nobel Prize, many have fully embraced it and the spirit in which it is given. Each year, many Nobel Laureates attend the ceremony to present the awards in various categories, with the event being a lighthearted prelude to the actual Nobel Prizes awarded a few weeks later.</p>
<p>This year’s winners include Donald Unger, who for 60 years diligently cracked the knuckles on his left hand, but not his right, to disprove his mother’s theory that it would lead to him developing arthritis. The Ig Nobel Prize for peace went to a group of forensic pathologists at the University of Bern in Switzerland, who researched whether it was better to be hit with a full or empty beer bottle in a bar room brawl. The physics prize went to researchers from the Universities of Cincinnati, Texas, and Harvard for their paper, <em>Fetal Load and the Evolution of Lumbar Lordosis in Bipedal Hominins</em>, which explored the reasons why pregnant women don’t tip over. Falling into the dubious category was Elena Bodnar, the winner of the prize for public health. Ms. Bodnar’s contribution was a brassiere, which could be quickly removed in an emergency and converted into a pair of gas masks &#8212; one to wear, and one to share … apparently.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ig Nobel Prize]]></title>
<link>http://mikeleo.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/ig-nobel-prize/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October for te]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Academics or Applications?]]></title>
<link>http://seasonsundertheson.com/2009/10/06/academics-or-applications/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This past two weeks saw two Prizes being awarded. One is the prestigious Nobel Prizes while the othe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This past two weeks saw two Prizes being awarded. One is the prestigious Nobel Prizes while the other is the preposterous Ig Nobel Prizes. Obviously one is for genuine research and the other is for the goofy research. One for advancement of mankind and the other well, one can never be sure how useful the knowledge will be. The line dividing geniuses and goofballs are blurring all the time.</p>
<p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ig-nobel-prizes/story?id=8737536">Bras </a>were found to be good for emergency gas mask! Well we will never think about that will we?And cracking your knuckles does not cause arthritis? These were awarded with the Ig Nobel prizes for public health and medicine.</p>
<p>In the meantime, one would think Nobel Prizes for Physics would most likely be awarded to highfalutin highbrow theorists in creme de la creme universities that you and I would not even have a chance to understand what they do or say. I was wrong and surprisingly pleased to find out Charles Kao, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_K._Kao">Polytechnic </a> graduate was actually recognized by the committee for discovering the efficient fiber optics usage. Polytechnics graduates are trained for practical applications while universities graduates are for research first and perhaps development of applications later.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[crazy thinking]]></title>
<link>http://caughtmyeyes.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/crazy-thinking/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>my hubby sent me an email with a very interesting article from the telegraph about the most &#8221;pointless&#8221; research: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6223831/Pointless-research-top-10-Ig-Nobel-award-winners-for-silly-science.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6223831/Pointless-research-top-10-Ig-Nobel-award-winners-for-silly-science.html</a></p>
<p>kind of made me wonder: which &#8220;pointless&#8221; research some 200 years ago is now part of our lifestyle? i mean, i&#8217;m pretty sure when ben franklin was going around with a kite under a thunderstorm A LOT of people thought &#8221;ok, crazy man&#8230; you win. now go and enter your home and stop running around screaming when it&#8217;s raining!&#8217;.</p>
<p>the invention &#8211; or discovery &#8211; of some many things had probably the most stupid types of curiosity behind them. for instance, i know that the few brazilian servicemen who went to fight during the second world war used newspaper between their socks and boots to keep humidity and cold far from their feet. crazy as it may sound, it was one of the first types of insulation - and servicemen from other countries began to follow the brazilians on their crazy quest for old newspaper. or the fact that penicilin was just &#8220;found&#8221; because alexander fleming left his samples out of the fridge&#8230;</p>
<p>i get the point that the UK need some specific type of research and the government is willing to pay for researchers to investigate those specific things. but i think the main force that drives discoveries that revolutionize the way we live are the ones that begin with a very dubious idea &#8211; or, at least, some sort of crazy action!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mexicanos ganan premio Ig Nobel]]></title>
<link>http://justanothergirlinthewall.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/mexicanos-ganan-premio-ignobel/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Este premio se da a investigacónes serias que se publican y difunden en las revistas y ferias mas im]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Este premio se da a investigacónes serias que se publican y difunden en las revistas y ferias mas importantes de ciencia pero sobre todo son originales.  Mucha gente piensa que con premios de borma, pero al parecer no lo son, son mas bien premios a inventos originales y fuera de lo común pero que cuentan con una base cientifica confiable. Y bueno en la parte de química lo ganan 3 mexicanos de la UNAM Juriquilla <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Tomado de: <a href="http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2009/143303/6/mexicanos-inventan-diamantes-con-tequila.htm">http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2009/143303/6/mexicanos-inventan-diamantes-con-tequila.htm</a></p>
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<p>En los premios Ig Nobel, lejos de premiar los mejores aportes a la ciencia, se galardona a los más irrelevantes, absurdos y sin sentido</p>
<div><strong>CIUDAD DE MÉXICO.</strong>-El pasado fin de semana, la revista Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), celebró en el Teatro Sanders de Harvard, Estados Unidos,   la edición número 19 de la Ceremonia Anual de Premios IgNobel, evento que lejos de premiar los grandes aportes a la ciencia, galardona los inventos, investigaciones científicas, propuestas o ideas más irrelevantes, inútiles y sin sentido del año 2009.</div>
<p>Este año, como  ha venido siendo una costumbre, la entrega de los Anti Nobel se realizó en varias categorías, destacándose  la investigación realizada por los veterinarios Catherine Douglas y Peter Rowlinson de la Universidad de Newcastle, Inglaterra, al asegurar que las vacas que llevan un nombre, suelen dar mejor leche de aquellas a las que sus propietarios simplemente decidieron dejarlas en el anonimato y no distinguirlas de las demás.</p>
<p>El premio de Química, se lo llevaron los alumnos Javier Morales, Miguel Apátiga y Victor Castaño de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, quienes crearon diamantes a base de tequila.  </p>
<p>El galardón en la materia de Física, fue para los estadounidenses Katherine K. Whitcome de la Universidad de Cincinati, para Daniel E. Liberman de la Universidad de Harvard y para Liza J. Shapiro de la Universidad de Texas, quienes determinaron analíticamente el por qué las mujeres embarazadas no se caen de frente y en el mayor de los casos lo hacen de espaldas</p>
<p>El premio IgNobel de Literatura, nombramiento que en su versión original se ha otorgado a personajes de la talla del británico Winston Churchill, la chilena Gabriel Mistral, el francés Albert Camus y el mexicano Octavio Paz, fue otorgado al servicio policial de Irlanda, por haber multado más de 50 veces al mismo conductor polaco y no es que se tratara de la misma persona, sino que en las infracciones ponían el nombre de  Prawo Jazdy, para de palabras, que más allá de ser un nombre propio, significa: &#8220;Licencia de conducir&#8221;.</p>
<p>Uno de los más curiosos inventos del 2009 se dio en Chicago, Estados Unidos, cuando Elena N. Bodnar, Raphael C. Lee y Sandra Marijan, inventaron un sujetador que, en caso de emergencia, puede hacer también la función de máscara, herramienta útil para sobrevivir a los ataques terroristas o expulsiones de gas.  </p>
<p>En la materia de Biología, los japoneses Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofue y Zhang Guanglei de la Universidad de Kitasato, demostraron que los residuos de cocina pueden reducirse en más de un 90% de su masa, al utilizar bacterias extraídas de las heces de pandas gigantes.</p>
<p>Además de los nombramientos ya citados, también se otorgaron el de Paz, Economía, Medicina y Matemáticas.</p>
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<p>Según Wikipedia: </p>
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<p><!-- start content -->Los <strong>premios Ig Nobel</strong> son una <a title="Parodia" href="http://justanothergirlinthewall.wordpress.com/wiki/Parodia">parodia</a> de los <a title="Premio Nobel" href="http://justanothergirlinthewall.wordpress.com/wiki/Premio_Nobel">premios Nobel</a> que suele resolverse en las mismas fechas que los premios originales, aproximadamente en el mes de <a title="Octubre" href="http://justanothergirlinthewall.wordpress.com/wiki/Octubre">octubre</a>. Están organizados por la revista de humor científica <a title="Annals of Improbable Research" href="http://justanothergirlinthewall.wordpress.com/wiki/Annals_of_Improbable_Research">Annals of Improbable Research</a> (AIR), y co-patrocinados por varias sociedades que ostentan la palabra <em>Harvard</em> en su denominación, como The Harvard Computer Society o The Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students. La gala de entrega se realiza en el Sanders Theatre, de la <a title="Universidad Harvard" href="http://justanothergirlinthewall.wordpress.com/wiki/Universidad_Harvard">Universidad Harvard</a>.</p>
<p>Su aceptación y popularidad desde su institución en <a title="1991" href="http://justanothergirlinthewall.wordpress.com/wiki/1991">1991</a> es creciente con el paso del tiempo. Estos premios galardonan los logros de investigaciones que primero pueden provocar risas, pero después hacen que las personas piensen. Los premios pretenden celebrar lo inusual, honrar lo imaginativo y estimular el interés de todos por la ciencia, la medicina, y la tecnología.</p>
<p>Según sus organizadores, los premios se establecieron como homenaje a Ignacious Nobel, el ficticio inventor de la soda pop.</p>
<p>En <a title="Idioma inglés" href="http://justanothergirlinthewall.wordpress.com/wiki/Idioma_ingl%C3%A9s">inglés</a> <em>Ig Nobel</em> se pronuncia igual que <em>ignoble</em>, que significa «innoble», de ahí el nombre.</p>
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<link>http://japanpopcuiaba.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/japones-fatura-premio-ig-nobel-por-pesquisa-com-fezes-de-panda/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Ig Nobel awards]]></title>
<link>http://registrarism.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/ig-nobel-awards/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s Ig Nobel awards Report in the Guardian about this year&#8217;s Ig Nobel awards. A ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>This year&#8217;s Ig Nobel awards</strong></p>
<p>Report <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/02/ig-noble-awards-britons-top"> in the Guardian about this year&#8217;s Ig Nobel awards</a>. A couple are rather good:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Veterinary medicine prize</strong><br />
Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson at Newcastle University&#8217;s school of agriculture share the award for the groundbreaking discovery that giving cows names such as Daisy increases their milk yield. &#8220;It&#8217;s the highlight of my career,&#8221; said Douglas. &#8220;The work amused the public, but it addressed a serious issue about the welfare of animals and points to an easy way to improve yields by reducing stress in cattle.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Mathematics prize</strong><br />
Awarded to Gideon Gono, governor of Zimbabwe&#8217;s Reserve Bank, for giving people a simple way of dealing with a wide range of numbers. Gono ordered his bank to print notes with denominations ranging from one cent to one hundred trillion dollars.</p></blockquote>
<p>The one about police in Ireland misreading Polish driving licences must be a joke though. Fuller details and references are on the<a href="http://improbable.com/ig/winners/"> improbable research site</a>. </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ig Nobel-priset i litteratur 2009]]></title>
<link>http://ingridamy.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/ig-nobel-priset-i-litteratur-2009/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Och vinnaren är&#8230; Irländska polismyndigheten kammade hem årets litteraturpris under Ig Nobel-pr]]></description>
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<p>Irländska polismyndigheten kammade hem årets litteraturpris under Ig Nobel-prisutdelningen i torsdags. De hade under några år skickat ut över 50 böteslappar till Prawo Jazdy, en polack som var Irlands värsta trafiksyndare och aldrig betalade sina böter. Prawo Jazdy hade begått trafikförseelser över hela landet, och gäckade polisen genom att ständigt uppge nya adresser. Han var en slug och ökänd trafikdåre. Trodde irländska polismyndigheten. I själva verket är Prawo Jazdy ingen person, utan polska för &#8220;körkort&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>Istället för att titta lite noggrannare på de polska körkorten hade poliserna skrivit ner de första två orden som ser ut som förnamn och efternamn. Och de råkade vara Prawo Jazdy. Se själv på bilden här nedan.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 330px"><img title="Polskt körkort" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f98opUNuVXc/SZ6DCAowLpI/AAAAAAAAFj8/N1rDPFs8D7g/s400/Prawo+Jazdy.jpg" alt="Exempel på polskt körkort" width="320" height="203" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Exempel på polskt körkort.</p></div>
<p>Så kan det gå när man inte bryr sig om att kolla upp saker man inte förstår! Numera förstår alla irländska poliser minst två ord på polska, och riktlinjer har tagits fram så att polisen ska kunna undvika liknande misstag i framtiden.</p>
<p>Prawo Jazdy, Herr Körkort, är nu något av en kultfigur hos Irlands polska befolkning.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Kudos to three fobby scientists from Kitasato University for discovering that giant panda poop bacte]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Kudos to three fobby scientists from<img class="alignright" title="panda" src="http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20090317/In-WORLD-PANDA.jpg" alt="" width="218" height="305" /> Kitasato University for discovering that giant panda poop bacteria can reduce more than 90 percent of kitchen waste. The bacteria extract converts the refuse into water and carbon dioxide. Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofu, and Zhang Guanglei were presented with an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize">Ig Nobel prize</a> (parody of the Nobel prize) this year for their efforts.</p>
<p>At the Ig Nobel ceremony, which was held in Harvard, 72-year-old Taguchi said he initially guessed that panda poop might have a special kind of bacteria due to the mammals&#8217; ingestion of large volumes of bamboo. Isn&#8217;t poop great? It serves all kinds of purposes, from <a href="http://absolutelyfobulous.com/2009/09/03/ooey-gooey-poop-burger/">burgers</a> to keeping our environment green!</p>
<p>Emily</p>
<p><a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091003a8.html">Link</a></p>
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<link>http://hazaeljm.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/premios-ig-nobel-2009/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[El pasado 1 de Octubre como todos los años, se llevó a cabo la ceremonía de premiación de los Ig Nob]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>El pasado 1 de Octubre como todos los años, se llevó a cabo la ceremonía de premiación de los Ig Nobel. Unos premios que demuestran que los científicos también tienen sentido del humor y que tienen como objetivo premiar <em>&#8220;aquellos logros que no pueden o no deben ser reproducidos</em>.&#8221; </p>
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<li><strong>Veterinaria</strong>: Catherine Douglas y Peter Rowlinson de la Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Reino Unido, por demostrar que las vacas a las que se les ponen nombres dan más leche que a las que no.</li>
<li><strong>Paz:</strong> Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali y Beat Kneubuehl de la University of Bern, Suiza, por determinar —experimentalmente — si es mejor ser golpeado en la cabeza por una botella de cerveza llena o una vacía.</li>
<li><strong>Economía:</strong> Los directores, ejecutivos y auditores de cuatro bancos de Islandia — Kaupthing Bank, Landsbanki, Glitnir Bank, and Central Bank of Iceland — por demostrar que los bancos pequeños pueden transformarse rápidamente en bancos enormes, y viceversa — y por demostrar que cosas similares pueden pasar con la economía de todo un país.</li>
<li><strong>Química:</strong> Javier Morales, Miguel Apátiga, y Victor M. Castaño de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, por crear diamantes a partir de líquido— específicamente del tequila.</li>
<li><strong>Medicina:</strong> Donald L. Unger, de Thousand Oaks, California, Estados Unidos, por investigar una posible causa de artrítis en los dedos, crujiéndose diligentemente los nudillos de su mano izquierda — pero nunca los de la derecha — por más de sesenta años.</li>
<li><strong>Física:</strong> Katherine K. Whitcome de la Universidad de Cincinatti, Estados Unidos, Daniel E. Lieberman de la Universidad de Harvard, Estados Unidos, y Liza J. Shapiro de la Universidad de Texas, Estados Unidos, por determinar analíticamente por qué las mujeres embarazadas no se caen hacia delante.</li>
<li><strong>Literatura:</strong> A la policía de Irlanda (<em>An Garda Siochana</em>), por escribir y presentar más de 50 multas al conductor con más infracciones del país —<em>Prawo Jazdy</em>— que en polaco significa… «Carnet de Conducir».</li>
<li><strong>Salud pública:</strong> Elena N. Bodnar, Raphael C. Lee, y Sandra Marijan de Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, por inventar un sujetador que, en caso de emergencia, puede convertirse rápidamente en un par de máscaras de gas, una para la portadora del sujetador, y otra para alguien próximo a ella.</li>
<li><strong>Matemáticas:</strong> Gideon Gono, gobernador del <em>Zimbabwe Reserve Bank</em>, por darle a la gente un sencillo y cotidiano método para lidiar con un gran rango de números — de los más pequeños a los más grandes — al hacer que su banco emita billetes que van desde el céntimo ($0.01) hasta cien billones de dólares ($100,000,000,000,000).</li>
<li><strong>Biología:</strong> Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofu, y Zhang Guanglei de la <em>Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences</em> en Sagamihara, Japón, por demostrar que la masa de los residuos de cocina puede reducirse en más de un 90% masa utilizando bacterias extraídas de las heces de pandas gigantes.</li>
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<p>Recordemos que aunque los temas de investigación puedan parecer ridículos o absurdos, todos ellos son producto de investigaciones científicas serias y cuentan con referencias en diversas publicaciones.</p>
<p><strong>Visto en: </strong><a href="http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2009" target="_blank"><strong>Improbable Research</strong></a> (página oficial de los Ig Nobel)<strong> vía </strong><a href="http://mangasverdes.es/2009/10/02/mascara-sosten-antigas-ignobel-2009/" target="_blank"><strong>Mangas Verdes</strong></a><strong> vía </strong><a href="http://www.nopuedocreer.com/noticias/6294/premios-ig-nobel-2009-sujetador-mascara-antigas/" target="_blank"><strong>No Puedo Creer </strong></a>(sí, así se difunde la información en Internet). La traducción es mía, hasta que decidí copiar y pegar de<strong> <a href="http://www.microsiervos.com/archivo/humor/premios-ig-nobel-2009.html" target="_blank">Microsiervos</a>.</strong></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Según un estudio de la Universidad de Newcastle (Reino Unido), las vacas a las que sus dueños les ha]]></description>
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<link>http://seriesdivergentes.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/ig-nobel-2009/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Ayer fueron entregados los premios IgNobel 2009, establecidos por la organización Improbable Researc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://improbable.com/2009/10/01/announcing-the-2009-ig-nobel-prize-winners/"><img class="alignleft" src="http://improbable.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Bodnar-Ketterle-Pamuk-APphoto-x250.jpg" alt="" width="335" height="250" /></a>Ayer fueron entregados los premios IgNobel 2009, establecidos por la organización <a href="http://improbable.com" target="_blank">Improbable Research</a> que se dedica a notar los resultados de investigación <a href="http://improbable.com/about/" target="_blank">&#8220;que nos hacen reír, luego pensar&#8221;</a>.</p>
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<p>Entre los galardonados destacan:</p>
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<li><strong>Matemáticas:</strong> A <a href="http://francisthemulenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/2009-ig-nobel-matematicas-la-inflacion-en-zimbabwe-billetes-desde-1-centimo-hasta-1-billon-de-zim-dolares-impresos-en-solo-2-anos/" target="_blank">Gideon Gono, governador del Banco de la Reserva de Zimbabwe</a>, <em>por ofrecer a la gente una forma simple y casual de manejar un amplio rango de números &#8211;desde muy pequeños a muy grandes&#8211; al acuñar billetes con denominaciones desde un centavo ($.01) hasta cien billones de dólares ($100,000,000,000,000.00)</em>.</li>
<li><strong>Química:</strong> A <a href="http://francisthemulenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/2009-ig-nobel-quimica-fabricando-microcristales-de-diamante-a-partir-de-tequila-mexicano/" target="_blank">Javier Morales, Miguel Apátiga, y Victor           M. Castaño de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México</a>, <em>por la creación de diamantes a partir de líquidos &#8211;particularmente de tequila</em>.</li>
<li><strong>Física:</strong> A <a href="http://francisthemulenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/2009-ig-nobel-fisica-por-que-las-mujeres-embarazados-no-se-caen-al-caminar/" target="_blank">Katherine K. Whitcome de la  Universidad de Cincinnati, EEUU, Daniel E. Lieberman de la Univrsidad de Harvard, EEUU, y Liza J. Shapiro de la Universidad of Texas, EEUU</a>, <em>por determinar analíticamente por qué las mujeres embarazadas no se caen</em>.</li>
<li>Paz: A <a href="http://francisthemulenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/2009-ig-nobel-de-la-paz-golpear-en-la-cabeza-con-botella-de-cerveza-vacio-o-llena/" target="_blank">Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael           Thali and Beat Kneubuehl de la Universidad de Berna, Suiza</a>, <em>por determinar experimentalmente si es preferible ser golpeado en la cabeza por una botella de cerveza llena o vacía</em>.</li>
<li>Veterinaria: A <a href="http://francisthemulenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/2009-ig-nobel-veterinaria-las-vacas-dan-mas-leche-cuando-se-les-llama-por-su-nombre/" target="_blank">Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson de la Universidad de           Newcastle, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, RU</a>, <em>por mostrar que las vacas que tienen nombre dan más leche que aquéllas que no lo tienen</em>.</li>
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<p>La lista completa de premios, así como más información sobre los galardonados, se encuentra en la página oficial: <a href="http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2009" target="_blank">The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize Winners</a>.</p>
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<link>http://pdalbury.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/gas-mask-bra-wins-ig-nobel-prize/</link>
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