Honeycomb - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Researchers have discovered a novel method using honeycomb like microscopic organic metallic structures to trap what?

a. Vehicular emissions
b. Gases emitted by coal factory
c. Both of the above
d. Neither of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both of the above

Explanation:
Scientists have developed a new method that can trap potentially harmful gases emitted by coal factories, cars and trucks within honeycomb-like microscopic organo-metallic structures.

These Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), comprise different building blocks composed of metal ion centres and organic linker molecules.

Altogether they form a honeycomb-like structure that can trap gases within each comb, or pore.

The small nano-scale structures also have the potential to trap various emissions from things as immense as coal factories and as small as cars and trucks.

Scientists decided to use a molecule that can cap the outer surface of each of Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) crystal in the same way bees seal their honeycombs with wax to prevent honey from spilling out and it worked.