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Now, scientists have developed an ingenious way to recycle polystyrene – by converting its static electricity into usable power. The invention comes from researchers at Australia's RMIT ...

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RMIT University has unveiled an invention that uses waste polystyrene to generate static electricity from motion and wind to recycle waste energy in air conditioners and other applications, ...

An invention made from waste polystyrene that generates static electricity from motion and wind could lower power usage by recycling waste energy in air conditioners. Seamus Daniel, RMIT ...

If you've ever had a packing peanut stick to your clothes as you unbox your Amazon delivery, then you know that Styrofoam is pretty good at generating static electricity. A new invention turns ...

Lead researcher Dr Peter Sherrell, from RMIT, said the innovative thin patch, made from multiple layers of polystyrene each around one-tenth the thickness of a human hair, produced static electricity.