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Plastic wards off barnacles

Polymer technology could speed ships by stopping critters clinging on

Barnacles will no longer slow down ships if the latest polymer coatings being developed live up to expectations.

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Posted by Katharine Sanderson on March 27, 2007 05:50 PM |

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