22.09.2020
A graduate of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, an employee of Swinburne University, physicist Ivan Maksimov and his colleague Andriy Potocki won the Ig Nobel Prize in Physics. The scientists received the award for studying the behavior of earthworms under the influence of high-frequency vibrations.
It will be recalled that the Ig Nobel Prize is awarded for achievements that “ first make people laugh, and then make them think ”. The prize is awarded for unusual and witty research to attract attention and stimulate people’s interest in science, medicine and technology.