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New invention harvests static energy from waste polystyrene to produce electricity

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Australian researchers have developed a way to recycle polystyrene by converting its static electricity into usable power.

The invention comes from researchers at RMIT University in Australia and Latvia 's Riga Technical University .

The main innovation is in fabricating patches made from multiple layers of polystylrene, with each layer being one-tenth the thickness of a human hair.

When air flows over these patches, it generates static electricity that can then be harvested and utilized.

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