If you've ever opened a package that was filled to the brim with packing peanuts and wondered what the heck to do with them, we've got 13 genius answers! These tiny pieces of Styrofoam are best known ...

What if there was a thinner, faster battery waiting to be discovered in the trash? The humble packing peanut, yes, that floor-cluttering plastic confetti, could be getting a new livelihood soon.

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When a new lab was recently being set up at Purdue University in Indiana, a lot of the equipment arrived in boxes full of protective packing "peanuts." Unfortunately, few facilities exist for ...

A bizarre trend has emerged on TikTok, where users are consuming biodegradable packing peanuts under the assumption that they are edible, much to the concern of health experts. Online shoppers have ...

Opening a package only to have your apartment flooded with packing peanuts is an annoying experience – and a total waste of plastic. But researchers Vilas Pol and Vinodkumar Etacheri at Purdue ...

Researchers developed a process to convert packing peanuts into electrodes for lithium-ion batteries The electrodes outperformed traditional graphite ones, increasing storage capacity and charging ...

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