{
  "id": 14241081,
  "title": "Copper-resistant bacteria complicate efforts to keep ship hulls clean",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/copper-resistant-bacteria-complicate-efforts-to-keep-ship-hulls-clean",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T15:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-copper-resistant-bacteria-complicate-efforts.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Marine bacteria have evolved to bypass the copper-based coatings applied to ship hulls to stop the growth of barnacles, algae and other marine life. This necessitates new methods for managing biofouling—the unwanted accumulation of marine organisms—on ship hulls.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}