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Graduate Hau, Harris, Tsakmakidis for 2026 Nobel in Physics?

Graduate A rotating frame equation for the "carousel experiment"

High School Quantum field theory vs. super string theory?

Undergrad Chua's oscillator circuit -- Intuitive picture

High School Is it possible for matter to be completely destroyed to nothingness

Graduate Interference with slits of different width

Graduate What researchers think of the Coriolis force

Undergrad Solid State Physics and Chameleon Color Changes

Undergrad New EM spectrum designation between UV and X-rays

High School Buoyancy and gravity

Graduate Geometry of Bluetooth Field

Undergrad Difficulties in Measuring the Contact Angle of a Sessile Droplet

Insights Thinking Outside The Box Versus Knowing What’s In The Box

High School A question about leverage and stability of shelf support

Undergrad What are the speed limits of a maglev track?

Undergrad What causes knots and stress when untwisting ropes?

High School What is "motion theory?"

Graduate RIP Chen Ning Yang (1922-2025)

Undergrad Why Does Snow Pack Better Near the Melting Point?

Undergrad Should the Unit of Momentum Be Named After Emmy Noether?

Undergrad Questions about bubble behaviour

Undergrad Spectrometer of James Webb Space Telescope

High School Individual photons or electrons on a screen?

High School Mechanism behind the generation of tiny bright spots

Undergrad Why is SI taught in US university physics courses instead of cgs?

Undergrad A high school physics problem demonstrating relative motion

Graduate Unsolved Problems in Near Surface Geophysics

Graduate Looking for learning resources for Clifford Algebra

High School Audio frequency of a humidifier

Graduate Variations on Sacharov's problem

Graduate Predictions for the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 (results: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis)

Graduate RIP Daniel Kleppner (1932-2025)

Graduate To get rid of a singularity in the Lagrange equations

News RIP Kenneth Nordtvedt

Graduate APS's 2026 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize!

High School How do walk-in freezers not give people hypothermia? [they do]

High School States of matter: "viscoelastic fluid", familiar term is "cream"

Graduate RIP John Stachel (1928-2025)

Graduate Complexity Physics and Tipping Points in Chess

Graduate RIP Mary Gaillard (1939-2025)

Graduate RIP George F. Smoot III (1945-2025)

Undergrad Raman Spectroscopy help

High School Why can't Solar panels be hemispherical, or a curved strip type?

Graduate RIP Rainer Weiss (1932-2025)

Undergrad I need to simulate clothing meshes for hanging garments

High School Gravity in science fiction movies

Graduate RIP Jayant Narlikar (1938-2025)

Graduate AI vs. German Physics Olympiad

Undergrad Physics inserted in society

High School Development of computer chips cooling

Graduate RIP Edwin F Taylor (1931-2025)

Graduate Publishing Physics Without Institution: Any Tips?

Undergrad Why weather apps show absolute pressure?

Undergrad 'Set of pearls' mathematics / physics help

High School Name or Label for the outermost point of a rotating object

News Gerard't Hooft Interview

Undergrad What can be used as a Frequency generator to make Chladni patterns?

Undergrad How Can I Build a DIY High Vacuum System Using Copper Instead of Glass?

High School Looking for info on old, unlabeled Geissler tubes

Undergrad Landau golden list

Graduate Veritasium Videos we all want (maybe)

Graduate RIP Basil Hiley (1935–2025)

High School The satellite and its work done

Undergrad The work done by an artificial satellite

Graduate Trying to understand the meaning of "Sum Rules"

Undergrad Are there reflections in the fourth dimension?

Graduate Can the radio noise of a civilization decrease over time?

Undergrad Cloud seeding and firefighting

Graduate RIP Leon N Cooper (1930 - 2024) - Nobel 1972

News Wasn't Parker Solar Probe about to resume communication with Earth?

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Graduate Theory Of Everything (ToE)

High School Explanations about Kardashev type 1 civilizations

Undergrad AI Predicting Physics Research Results

Graduate Predictions for Physics Nobel Prize 2024 (and the results)

Undergrad Airflow through an air extraction grill