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Asia’s love of stinky durian could help power tuk-tuks and phones

Durians

Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Pungent, spiky durian – a fruit banned in many public places in Asia due to its foul smell – has been used by scientists to store electricity, and could one day help power electric vehicles and mobile phones across the region. University of Sydney researchers took the non-edible waste from […]