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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: New Miniboats Are "Superbuoyant"


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A stamp-size, copper-mesh "boat" coated with a highly water repellent material floats, even though the boat's "upper edges are just a hair below the surface of the water," said one of the authors of a February 2009 study on the technology.

Photograph courtesy the American Chemical Society