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University of Utah

Ling Zang Group

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Ben Bunes (left), Ling Zang and Chen Wang (in lab coat), all researchers from the University of Utah's material sciences and engineering department, demonstrate a new prototype detector that can sense explosive materials and toxic gases. The research team developed a new material for the detector that can sense alkane fuel, a key ingredient in such combustibles as gasoline, airplane fuel and homemade bombs.

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Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering

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