Kiyoshi Mabuchi, Kensei Tanaka, Daichi Uchijima and Rina Sakai, were jointly awarded the 2014 Ig Nobel Physics Prize for measuring the amount of friction between a shoe and a banana skin, and between a banana skin and the floor, when a person steps on a banana skin that’s on the floor. REFERENCE: “Frictional Coefficient under […]
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Frost on Ice
Another case of nominative determinism: If you want to make steps towards understanding the highly complex issues regarding how when and why ice cracks, you’ll probably need the help of an expert on the subject. Who better to turn to than Professor Frost of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, US, […]