The skinniest pasta yet made—let’s call it “nanotini”—has an average diameter of 372 nanometers and only two ingredients: ...

The fibers, made from white flour and formic acid, average just 372 nanometers in diameter and might find use in biodegradable bandages.

The solution is then pulled through a thin needle by an electric field, with the formic acid evaporating as the fiber travels through the air to a collection plate. “Starch is a promising ...

But if you’re hoping to cook yourself up a bowl of cacio e pepe with these uber-thin ... with formic acid, since the acid dissolves the complex spiral structures that comprise starch molecules.