In the forests near Asheville, rare fireflies known as "blue ghosts" are lighting up the woods – and helping a storm-battered ...

In "The Fabulous Ordinary," the Carrboro writer introduces readers to dazzling phenomena from across the Southeast.

This article shows that these converters, either on the supply side or on the load side, can all be controlled to behave like virtual synchronous machines (VSMs) and possess the dynamics of ...

Travel back to simpler summer nights — these places across the country come alive with fireflies when the sun goes down.

Abstract: The paper introduces a method to model various synchronous electrical machines called the equivalent circuit model (ECM). The purpose of developing ECM is to present an efficient machine ...

Now that tripods are banned on the firefly trails at Congaree National Park, it’s nearly impossible to capture these ...

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A rare species of synchronous firefly put on a dazzling light show at Congaree National Park each year. But various threats ...

Brightly pigmented petals starkly contrast a black background as specks of light, like glitter or fireflies, scatter across the blossoms. It’s hard to believe, but Burrow’s work isn’t ...