“Ultrahigh surface area carbons (USACs, e.g., >2000 m2/g) are attracting tremendous attention due to their outstanding performance in energy-related applications.” Observations such as this have lead to the search for an easy and cheap method of producing these materials – which find uses like supercapacitor electrodes, catalyst supports, and gas sorbents etc etc. A research […]
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Coca-Cola off-use investigator will return to take a bow
Dr. Deborah Anderson is one of many past Ig Nobel Prize winners who will return to take a bow at this year’s ceremony and help honor the new winners. The 2008 Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Sharee A. Umpierre of the University of Puerto Rico, Joseph A. Hill of The Fertility Centers […]
(Walnuts + Sperm) vs. (Coke + Sperm)
A new study about the effect of walnuts begs comparison with the Ig Nobel Prize-winning study “Effect of ‘Coke’ on Sperm Motility“. The new study is: “Walnuts Improve Semen Quality in Men Consuming a Western-style Diet: Randomized Control Dietary Intervention Trial,” Wendie A. Robbins [pictured here], Lin Xun, Leah Z. FitzGerald, Samantha Esguerra, Susanne M. Henning, […]
Coke and Pepsi with pesticides, perhaps
“Someone told us that soft drinks contain pesticides. So we started using this, it seems to be working,” says a farmer from Utter Pradesh, India, in this video report. (Thanks to the Museum of Unintended Use for bringing it to our attention.) NOTE: Subsequent to that broadcast the Journal of AOAC International published a pair […]