{"id":128741,"date":"2024-11-22T09:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T02:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128741"},"modified":"2024-11-22T09:32:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T02:32:45","slug":"chemists-have-created-the-worlds-thinnest-spaghetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128741","title":{"rendered":"Chemists have created the world&#8217;s thinnest spaghetti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Researchers from the University College London have done what celebrity chefs and Italian nonnas could only dream of: they&#8217;ve made the world&#8217;s thinnest spaghetti. This culinary-sounding accomplishment, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2024\/na\/d4na00601a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:published;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a> in <em>Nanoscale Advances<\/em>, has yielded strands of starch nanofibers that are just 372 nanometers wide, which is invisible to the naked eye and is even smaller than some wavelengths of light.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The world&#8217;s thinnest spaghetti&#8221; sounds silly, but starch can actually have important applications in medicine. For instance, nanofiber starches could help wounds heal when used in bandages, since they&#8217;d be able to keep out bacteria while allowing moisture through. Rather than going through the energy-intensive process of refining their own plant cell starch for nanofibering, these chemists decided store-bought was fine and made their strands directly from flour. Their version of the nanofibers were created with a process called electrospinning, where an electric charge pulls a flour and liquid mixture through extremely small metal holes into threads that are just nanometers wide. Extrusion through a die is literally the same way you&#8217;d make conventional spaghetti to accompany your bolognese or your meatballs, only at a much, <em>much<\/em> smaller scale.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still a lot of study to be done before the product will be appearing in the doctor&#8217;s office, but this is a step toward more sustainable starch nanofibers. And while I would pay good money to watch chefs try to explain invisible pasta on a reality show, electrospinning almost certainly won&#8217;t become the new molecular gastronomy hotness. As co-author Professor Gareth Williams of the UCL School of Pharmacy <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-11-chemists-world-thinnest-spaghetti.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:put it;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a>: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s useful as pasta, sadly, as it would overcook in less than a second, before you could take it out of the pan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/science\/chemists-have-created-the-worlds-thinnest-spaghetti-201509365.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from the University College London have done what celebrity chefs and Italian nonnas could only dream of: they&#8217;ve made the world&#8217;s thinnest spaghetti. 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