Research into nose blowing, candy stealing and splash-free urinals honored at 2026 Ig Nobel awards
The 36th annual awards recognized 10 studies, including research on nose blowing, cockroach milk and mosquito-based 3D printing, organizers said.
- On Thursday, the 36th Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony took place in Zurich, Switzerland, honoring 10 research projects designed to "first make people laugh, and then make them think," with "fungi" as this year's theme.
- Organized by the Annals of Improbable Research, the annual awards parody the prestigious Nobel Prizes and have been given since 1991, marking the 20th consecutive year a Japanese national was among the winners.
- Medicine prize winner Tokuji Unno studied nose blowing, while associate professor Changhong Cao's "necroprinting" study won the technology prize; other recipients included research finding cockroach milk contains three times the energy of cow's milk.
- Associate professor Carly Anne York at Lenoir-Rhyne University told CNN the Ig Nobels "never fail to highlight research that makes you 'laugh, and then think." Evolutionary biologist Matilda Brindle added that curiosity is fundamental to scientific progress.
- Organizers moved the ceremony from the United States to Europe this year amid tighter U.S. visa issuance under President Donald Trump's administration, continuing to transform seemingly far-fetched ideas into legitimate scientific endeavors.
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Along with the Nobel Prizes, it's the other major event for the international scientific community. The Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded annually to science that seems improbable, the kind that initially makes people laugh, but also makes them think. Thirty-five years after the first edition, the 2026 ceremony was held on Thursday evening, September 3rd, in Zurich, Switzerland.
An anti-saping urinal and a discovery about the aerodynamics of blowing the nose have received on Thursday the Nobel IG awards in the categories of Physics and Chemistry, respectively, in a ceremony that for the first time in 36 years of existence has been held outside the United States.The irreverent Nobel IG awards, which distinguish totally unusual scientific research, moved to Switzerland in response to the tightening of immigration policies…
A Japanese researcher has won a medical prize for his research on "how to blow your nose." The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, which recognizes unique research, was held in Switzerland on the 3rd, and this year's medical prize was awarded to the research of Tokuji Unno, a former professor at Asahikawa Medical University. Unno analyzed the airflow when blowing one's nose and scientifically demonstrated that blowing one nostril at a time is more efficien…
The 36th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, a parody of the Nobel Prize hosted by the American science humor magazine "Improbable Research," was held at 2:00 AM Japan time on September 4, 2026, with awards given in 10 categories for "interesting research that makes you laugh and think." Read more...
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