What animal did Geim levitate for an Ig Nobel Prize?
A frog
A mouse
A bird
A fish
Answer
Sure! The answer is: a frog. In 2000, Andre Geim and Michael Berry received an Ig Nobel Prize for levitating a live frog in a magnetic field as part of their research in the physics of superconductors. Their experiment involved suspending a frog in a magnetic field generated by a powerful magnet, demonstrating the principles of diamagnetism and the Meissner effect.
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