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Slime-Covered Boats Could Keep Marine Pests at Bay

Posted September 29, 2009 7:56 AM

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One day, the most advanced ships may not have steel hulls that slice cleanly through the water, but instead may sort of ooze along, leaving a wake of slime and microbes. Researchers are trying to design a ship that continuously exudes slime to form a coating around its hull that steadily wears away, taking hangers-on like barnacles with it.

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