Angel Hair Pasta

What appear to be colorful strands of intertwined pasta are really exceptionally fine fibers of a polymer. These fibers are nearly one hundred times finer than a human hair and were prepared with a process where an electric field was used to draw out solutions of a polymer into extremely thin columns. This is like the very thin column of water that leaves the faucet just before it beaks up into droplets. Because they are so thin and drawn out, these nanoscale fibers are finding uses for printing media, like paper. (Angelo Pedicini, University of Massachusetts Amherst)