A version of this article appears in print on , Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Dynamic Noodles: Flat Pasta That Turns Into 3-D Shapes: All You Need to Do Is Add ...

While pasta that morphs into shape as it cooks might have a certain appeal as a novelty food item, the scientists behind it hope it can do much more than bring a bit of wow factor to the kitchen.

The ability to make flat pasta for shipping that takes on a specific 3D shape when cooked is one potential solution. Yao and co-author Wen Wang, also at CMU, ...

Pasta shapes such as penne (tubes) or fusilli (spirals) contain a lot of air. This empty space is great for soaking up sauce, but it makes pasta inefficient to package, store and transport. Now, ...

To make transporting pasta a little more efficient, ... You’ve probably bought a flat-packed sofa or bookcase from Ikea. Maybe you even live in a flat-packed tiny house.

Surely flat-pack pasta is an idea that wouldn’t go limp, like square watermelons. Growing watermelons inside of cube molds was supposed to be a refrigerator space-saving initiative that would ...

A paper published Wednesday by Carnegie Mellon University researchers revealed a new variety of pasta that starts out flat, but -- incredibly -- transforms into unique, 3D shapes after being ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have made "morphing" pasta that's able to be flat-packed like IKEA furniture, but still retain its shape when boiled.

Even if dried macaroni pasta were to be packed in a box "perfectly," it would still be 67 percent air by volume. With that in mind, a team of MIT scientists has developed flat pasta that ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have made "morphing" pasta that's able to be flat-packed like IKEA furniture, but still retain its shape when boiled. The post This ‘Morphing’ Pasta Can Be Flat ...