Morphing noodles start flat but bend into curly pasta shapes as they’re cooked

The grooved noodles could cut down on pasta packaging

four different types of pasta curled in bowls and uncurled on a black surface

Pasta that starts out flat morphs into curls, spirals and tubes when cooked, potentially allowing for flat pasta that would save packaging space.

Morphing Matter Lab/Carnegie Mellon University

This pasta is no limp noodle.