When you see pasta, your brain probably doesn't jump to the secrets of the universe. But for almost a century, physicists ...

When making wheat-based pasta, it's common to add some salt to the water. But do you do the same when cooking rice noodles?

Pasta goes through an extruding process that can make a variety of shapes, but noodles undergo what is called a sheeting process to thin them out before they're taken through a cutting machine ...