Investigator Ron Goldstein writes: I was reading the following article: “Laser Induced Collagen Remodeling: A Comparative Study In Vivo on Mouse Model,” Huaxu Liu, et al., Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 40:13—19 (2008). The article is about using lasers to increase collagen in skin, of particular interest to those who wish to reduce wrinkles in […]
Year: 2008
Grain Configuration of One Worm After Individual Compressed
“Grain Configuration of One Worm After Individual Compressed,” Chen Jian, Zhao Jin-ping, Zhang Jing-yu and Huang Gui-rong, paper presented at the Carbon 2007 Conference, July 2007 in Seattle. (Thanks to Claus Friedrich for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at Sichuan University of Science and Engineering in ZiGong, China, report: The surface photograph of […]
Uncomfortable truths about wet underwear
Martha Kold Bakkevig and Ruth Nielson performed the first good scientific analysis of wet underwear in cold weather. Their study, Impact of Wet Underwear on Thermoregulatory Responses and Thermal Comfort in the Cold, appeared in 1994 in the journal Ergonomics. Bakkevig, at Sintef Unimed in Trondheim, Norway, and Nielson, at the Technical University of Denmark, […]
2008 Ig Nobel webcast available
For those of you who weren’t able to make it to Sanders Theatre to see the Igs in person, or if you weren’t near a computer to watch it streamed live, or for those of you who just want to see it one more time, we’ve archived and posted the video here. QuickTime is required, […]