Have these two scientists found the answer to stop shoes stinking?

Indian researchers won the Ig Nobel Prize for a study on smelly shoes and how it impacts using shoe racks. They discovered that a bacterium called Kytococcus sedentarius causes shoe odors. The study led to the creation of a UVC light-equipped shoe rack that sterilizes shoes and eliminates foul smells, providing a novel solution to the universal problem of smelly footwear. This inventive research has gained international recognition for its quirky and practical approach.