Via testing with a skin stand-in, a trio of physicists at Technical University of Denmark has ranked the types of paper that are the most likely to cause a paper cut. In an article published in Physical Review E, Sif Fink Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Matthew Biviano and Kaare Jensen tested the cutting ability and circumstances involved in paper cuts to compile their rankings.
I love this type of research. It’s not really clear what use it has, yet it’s neet. Also it’s reinforcing my personal observations.
I’ll throw in an ignobel nomination.