Frogs likewise. See https://www.ru.nl/hfml/research/levitation/diamagnetic-levit.... This achievement won the Ig Nobel prize for Andre Geim.

A decade later he won the Nobel prize for discovering how to create graphene using scotch tape: https://www.improbable.com/2010/10/05/geim-becomes-first-nob.... As far as I know he remains the only person to win both prizes.

An interesting side note is that neither piece of research was what his lab was supposed to be working on. He established a tradition of Friday Night wacky experiments on stuff that had nothing to do with his lab's official business, in areas of science that they knew little about.

> he remains the only person to win both prizes

Wow, if I was a scientist this would definitely be my new life goal. I love the comments on the levitation page under "Why did you use a frog?"

Winning one Nobel prize is probably a sufficient life goal for a scientist.

Well, that and being a member of The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists

https://www.improbable.com/hair-club/

So cool, nice ideas often come from serendipity or saying "yeah why not if..."

Some video of the levitating frogs, and a few other things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJsVqc0ywM