"Chemists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the world's most porous solid materials, known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Structured like molecular scaffolding, MOFs contain vast caverns of internal space; Nobel committee chair Heiner Linke likens them to "Hermione's handbag in Harry Potter - it can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny volume"."
"Male mice that exercise regularly can pass on their fitness to their male offspring. Researchers found that well-exercised male mice had higher levels of 10 types of microRNA in their sperm compared to mice that hadn't exercised. These microRNAs influenced the metabolism and muscle function of an embryo during development, which resulted in male offspring that could run for longer on a treadmill than those who'd come from more sedentary fathers."
Three chemists developed metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), ultra-porous solid materials structured like molecular scaffolding with vast internal caverns. MOFs can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny volume and have been applied to efforts such as capturing carbon from the air and removing 'forever chemicals' from water. The MOF DUT-60 has an internal surface area of 7,839 square metres per gram, roughly the size of a football field per gram. Separately, exercise in male mice raises levels of certain sperm microRNAs that influence embryo metabolism and muscle development, producing male offspring with greater running endurance.
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