Technology Overview. Rammed Aggregate Piers are a patented/proprietary ground improvement system that uses compacted aggregate to create stiff pier elements. The installation process modifies the soil surrounding the piers.
Foxfire, also sometimes called fairy fire, is the bioluminescence created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood. The bluish-green glow is attributed to luciferase, an oxidative enzyme, which emits light as it reacts with luciferin.
How Does a Firefly Make Its Light? July 9, 2015 by Karen Hill | Filed Under: Animals Sitting outside on summer evenings, you may have wondered how fireflies make those bright little flashes of light. To begin with, the firefly is not a fly, it is a beetle. And inside that beetleâs stomach are five chemicals. When oxygen enters the fireflyâs body, it stimulates a nerve reaction which causes those five chemicals to combine. This turns the light on. Several seconds later, another chemical combines with the others and turns the light off. Fireflies use their flashing lights as a mating signal. The male flies about at night, flashing his light. The female usually waits in the grass for the maleâs signal, then answers him by flashing her own light.