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 ...

When you order something online, it’s oftentimes delivered in a box. To keep your goodies from jostling around inside of that box, the packaging will often contain some sort of padded filler. One ...

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.

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 ...

Hate buying some new gadget, only to wind up with a sea of packing peanuts that do little more than spill on to the floor? Don't be too quick to toss them out -- they may be the key to a new ...

We’ve all been there. You’ve ordered a new gadget, and upon opening the box once it has finally arrived, you have to claw through a boatload of packing peanuts that wind up scattered all over the ...

The small foam pieces used to protect fragile goods in boxes could soon power your phone thanks to a battery breakthrough. Researchers have developed a way of turning the so-called 'packing peanuts' ...

Social media has introduced us to some truly bizarre food trends, but the latest one might just take the cake—or rather, the packing material. A new trend making waves online has left health experts ...

I hate these things. Next time I order something over the Internet, I am going to send a query of some sort—maybe even call customer service—and ask if the thing comes packed in packing peanuts. If it ...