Scientists create strand of pasta 200 times thinner than a human hair

The pasta is not intended to be a new food but was created because these extremely fine strands of material – called nanofibers – could have a number of important medical uses
Scientists create strand of pasta 200 times thinner than a human hair

Each individual strand is too narrow to be clearly captured by any form of visible light camera or microscope. Picture: Beatrice Britton/Adam Clancy/PA Wire

Researchers have created the world’s thinnest spaghetti which is about 200 times thinner than a human hair.

The pasta is not intended to be a new food but was created because these extremely fine strands of material – called nanofibers – could have a number of important medical uses.

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