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Researchers at a London university have created the world's thinnest spaghetti.
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It is about 200 times thinner than a human hair.
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The pasta strands are so thin they cannot be captured in a photo.
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The spaghetti was made using a technique called electrospinning.
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It would overcook in less than a second before you could take it out of the pan.
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The new spaghetti will be largely used for medicinal rather than culinary purposes.
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Hypothetically one might expect it to be chewier than you'd expect.
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Individual strands of the nanopasta can be spun into a pasta net.
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The net could also be used to create bandages that would help wounds heal.
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There are also non-medicinal applications such as its use in filtration systems.
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