A sudden burst of red light flickered above a thunderstorm, and for a brief moment, Earth’s upper atmosphere revealed one of its most elusive secrets.

Colorado is no stranger to devastating floods, especially along the foothills and steep canyons of the high country. This is ...

It is well accepted that increasing the frequency and reducing the electrode gap are effective ways to enhance the discharge stability in atmospheric radio-frequency (rf) discharges. In this paper, we ...

St. Elmo's Fire is a term you may have heard before because of a 1985 "Brat Pack" movie. St. Elmo's fire is a somewhat rare ...

A picture snapped from the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has captured a lesser-seen view ...

The city of Columbia Falls is investing about $4 million into its sewage treatment plant, which will increase its capacity to treat nitrogen in the water. Because the plant discharges directly in the ...

A 1-D model for the simulation of transition from glow microdischarge to arc discharge with a thermionic cathode was built using COMSOL Multiphysics. The extended fluid model was coupled with the gas ...

Such discharges are more than pretty lights. They ferry energy and charged particles from weather systems to the middle atmosphere in milliseconds, offering natural laboratories for studying ...