ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,443, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Ecole Royale Militaire (Brussels) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (Paris).

"Energy-releasing composite material and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Romuald Jean-Pierre Van Riet (Evere, Belgium), Maria Concepcion Ovin Ania (Orleans, France), Michel Henri Jean-Marie Lefebvre (Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium) and Peter Jean Joseph Lodewyckx (Kessel-Lo, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an energy-releasing composite material comprising at least one nanoporous material and at least one inorganic oxidant, characterised in that said nan...