http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org) -- Walt Gill of Sandia National Laboratories’ Fire & Aerosol Sciences Department calls it a pancake — a disk more than a foot in diameter covered with what looks like the debris you’d scrape off a particularly messy barbecue grill. It’s actually a crunchy, baked-on mixture of aluminum, aluminum oxide, carbon and other chemicals that coats everything after a rocket propellant fire. http://phys.org/news262945152.html Technology Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:19:26 EST news262945152 XCOR's innovative piston pump technology took a ride from Roswell, NM to Mojave, CA in April 2012. http://phys.org/news255356101.html Technology Fri, 04 May 2012 13:15:21 EST news255356101 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants and could be manufactured on the moon, Mars and other water-bearing bodies. http://phys.org/news174146628.html Nanotechnology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:04:23 EST news174146628 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and water ice, called ALICE. http://phys.org/news170080451.html Space & Earth Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:50:02 EST news170080451