Drunk Worms Wiggle Their Way to an Ig Nobel Win
Drunk Worms Wiggle Their Way to an Ig Nobel Win
University of Amsterdam researchers claimed the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studying polymers by racing inebriated and sober worms through a chromatography maze.
University of Amsterdam researchers claimed the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studying polymers by racing inebriated and sober worms through a chromatography maze.
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