Ig Nobel Prize-winning episode: Trip from a slip on a banana peel to the mysterious world of mucus

Ig Nobel Prize-winning episode: Trip from a slip on a banana peel to the mysterious world of mucus

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Slip on a banana peel is not only a gag seed but also a genuinely tribological phenomenon.We Coats measured the frictional coefficient under banana skin on floor material.The measured frictional coefficient was much lower than the value on common materials and similar one on well lubricated surfaces.Some deductions on mystery of organics were leaded from the similarity of gel function in Intimate Soap banana peels and in articular joints.Every polymers are only synthesized by organisms.

Furthermore, viscous materials are only formed by organic substances.