Scientists Win Ig Nobel Prize For Process To Unboil An Egg

  • 9 years ago
A team of scientists has recently been awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for their process of turning packed, tangled proteins like the kind found in egg whites into their natural elastic form; their research is expected to have a significant impact on cancer research and treatment.

A group of scientists was recently awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for discovering how to unboil an egg.


While the process actually can turn the hard white of a cooked egg back into 85 percent of the original form, the intended application has to do with cancer. 


Researchers often manipulate valuable proteins in their work, but they tend to fold or get distorted into shapes that make th