Ling Zang, University of Utah (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Ling Zang, University of Utah

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University of Utah materials science and engineering professor Ling Zang holds up a prototype handheld detector his company is producing that can sense explosive materials and toxic gases. His 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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