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Researchers from University College London have created the world's thinnest spaghetti. It is about 200 times thinner than a human hair. The pasta strands are so thin they cannot be captured in a photo. Nor can they be seen with the naked eye or through a microscope. The nano-spaghetti is just 372 nanometres wide. That's equivalent to millionths of a centimetre. The spaghetti was made using a technique called electro-spinning. In this procedure, an electric charge pushes a mixture of flour and liquid through microscopic holes. Professor Gareth Williams said: "I don't think it's useful as pasta, sadly, as it would overcook in less than a second, before you could take it out of the pan."
The new spaghetti will be largely used for medicinal rather than culinary purposes. However, Dr Adam Clancy said it is edible. He said: "Hypothetically, one might expect it to be chewier than you'd expect". Individual strands of the nanopasta can be spun into a pasta net. This could be used as a scaffold for regrowing tissue. The net could also be used to create bandages that would help wounds heal. The bandages would allow moisture through to the skin, but keep bacteria out. They could also help bone regeneration and deliver drugs to different parts of the body. The scientists say there are also non-medicinal applications, such as its use in filtration systems and batteries.
- Where are the researchers from?
- What can the spaghetti not be seen with?
- How wide is one strand of the spaghetti?
- What is the name of the method used to produce the spaghetti?
- How long would it take to overcook the spaghetti?
- For what purposes will the spaghetti mainly be used?
- What could the spaghetti be spun into?
- What could the spaghetti be used to create?
- What could the spaghetti help to deliver to the body?
- What non-medicinal uses could the spaghetti have?
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