(Nanowerk News) A collaboration of British and Iranian physicists has created an armada of self-propelled polystyrene balls about as wide as a strand of your hair. Their efforts are moving toward self ...

The government said the polystyrene balls were a "legacy" from the demolition of the former marine laboratory Litter picking charity Beach Buddies said the small beads could pose a risk to wildlife ...

The hollow spheres are 40 to 70 percent lighter than solid ones.” The process starts with polystyrene balls which are lifted up and held by an air current over a fluidized bed while a suspension ...

A woman says her life has been made "miserable" after a carrier bag's worth of polystyrene balls flooded her house every day for 10 months. Michelle Grace, who works for a domestic abuse charity, says ...

Council chiefs have told a Bristol woman they would investigate why nothing was done for almost a year - after she complained that potentially hazardous tiny polystyrene balls were being blown into ...

A clean-up effort is underway on Tasmania's Bruny Island after reports of a bean bag bursting on a beach which could pose a risk to local marine life. A Parks and Wildlife ranger says the bean bag has ...

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Thousands of polystyrene balls find their way into Michelle Grace's kitchen every day, blocking appliances Thousands of potentially hazardous polystyrene balls have been leaking into a tenant's house ...

Thousands of potentially hazardous polystyrene balls have been leaking into a tenant's house and garden in Bristol "every single day". Michelle lives in a council property in Bedminster and urged the ...