2010年 イグノーベル賞 受賞者一覧
2010年のイグノーベル賞は、オオコウモリのフェラチオ行動の科学的記録、水と油は混ざらないという通説の反証、利益を最大化し危険を他者に回す新しい投資手法、ラジコンヘリでクジラの鼻水を採取する方法など全10部門を収録。
受賞者一覧
オオコウモリのフェラチオ行動の科学的記録
Libiao Zhang, Min Tan, Guangjian Zhu, Jianping Ye, Tiyu Hong, Shanyi Zhou, and Shuyi Zhang of China, and Gareth Jones of the University of Bristol, UK, for scientifically documenting fellatio in fruit bats.
- 受賞者
- Libiao Zhang, Min Tan, Guangjian Zhu, Jianping Ye, Tiyu Hong, Shanyi Zhou, and Shuyi Zhang of China, and Gareth Jones of the University of Bristol, UK
- 分野
- 生物学部門
水と油は混ざらないという通説の反証
Eric Adams of MIT, Scott Socolofsky of Texas A&M University, Stephen Masutani of the University of Hawaii, and BP [British Petroleum], for disproving the old belief that oil and water don’t mix.
- 受賞者
- Eric Adams of MIT, Scott Socolofsky of Texas A&M University, Stephen Masutani of the University of Hawaii, and BP [British Petroleum]
- 分野
- 化学部門
利益を最大化し危険を他者に回す新しい投資手法
The executives and directors of Goldman Sachs, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, and Magnetar for creating and promoting new ways to invest money — ways that maximize financial gain and minimize financial risk for the world economy, or for a portion thereof.
- 受賞者
- The executives and directors of Goldman Sachs, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, and Magnetar
- 分野
- 経済学部門
ラジコンヘリでクジラの鼻水を採取する方法
Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse and Agnes Rocha-Gosselin of the Zoological Society of London, UK, and Diane Gendron of Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Baja California Sur, Mexico, for perfecting a method to collect whale snot, using a remote-control helicopter.
- 受賞者
- Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse and Agnes Rocha-Gosselin of the Zoological Society of London, UK, and Diane Gendron of Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- 分野
- 工学部門
昇進を無作為にすると組織は効率化するという証明
Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, and Cesare Garofalo of the University of Catania, Italy, for demonstrating mathematically that organizations would become more efficient if they promoted people at random.
- 受賞者
- Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, and Cesare Garofalo of the University of Catania, Italy
- 分野
- 経営学部門
喘息の症状をジェットコースターで和らげる発見
Simon Rietveld of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Ilja van Beest of Tilburg University, The Netherlands, for discovering that symptoms of asthma can be treated with a roller-coaster ride.
- 受賞者
- Simon Rietveld of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Ilja van Beest of Tilburg University, The Netherlands
- 分野
- 医学部門
悪態をつくと痛みが和らぐことの確認
Richard Stephens, John Atkins, and Andrew Kingston of Keele University, UK, for confirming the widely held belief that swearing relieves pain.
- 受賞者
- Richard Stephens, John Atkins, and Andrew Kingston of Keele University, UK
- 分野
- 平和部門
靴の外に靴下を履くと氷の道で滑りにくい実証
Lianne Parkin, Sheila Williams, and Patricia Priest of the University of Otago, New Zealand, for demonstrating that, on icy footpaths in wintertime, people slip and fall less often if they wear socks on the outside of their shoes.
- 受賞者
- Lianne Parkin, Sheila Williams, and Patricia Priest of the University of Otago, New Zealand
- 分野
- 物理学部門
微生物はひげのある科学者に付着するという実験
Manuel Barbeito, Charles Mathews, and Larry Taylor of the Industrial Health and Safety Office, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA, for determining by experiment that microbes cling to bearded scientists.
- 受賞者
- Manuel Barbeito, Charles Mathews, and Larry Taylor of the Industrial Health and Safety Office, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA
- 分野
- 公衆衛生部門
粘菌を使った鉄道路線の最適経路の決定
Toshiyuki Nakagaki, Atsushi Tero, Seiji Takagi, Tetsu Saigusa, Kentaro Ito, Kenji Yumiki, Ryo Kobayashi of Japan, and Dan Bebber, Mark Fricker of the UK, for using slime mold to determine the optimal routes for railroad tracks.
- 受賞者
- Toshiyuki Nakagaki, Atsushi Tero, Seiji Takagi, Tetsu Saigusa, Kentaro Ito, Kenji Yumiki, Ryo Kobayashi of Japan, and Dan Bebber, Mark Fricker of the UK
- 分野
- 交通計画部門