Tomoki Kojima
Tomoki Kojima is a researcher from Japan who gained attention for winning the Ig Nobel Prize in biology for demonstrating that painting cows with black and white stripes significantly reduces fly bites, offering an eco-friendly alternative to pesticides.
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Tomoki Kojima is a researcher who won the Ig Nobel Prize in Biology for studying whether zebra stripes on cows can protect them from flies.
נעליים מסריחות ועטלפים שיכורים: איג נובל 2025
Israel· 2025-09-21
Tomoki Kojima's team applied tape to Japanese cows and painted them with black stripes.
Iguanas que adoram pizza e álcool para aprender línguas estrangeiras: eis os Ig Nobel | Investigação científica
Portugal· 2025-09-21
Tomoki Kojima is involved in a study that found black cows painted with white stripes are less likely to be bitten by flies.
«Ig-Nobel-Preise» 2025: zehn skurrile Studien ausgezeichnet
Switzerland· 2025-09-21
Tomoki Kojima was one of the researchers who won the biology award for demonstrating the effectiveness of painting cows with stripes.
Zebra cows and Teflon food among winners
United Kingdom· 2025-09-20
