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High School How is frost possible at 39 degrees F?

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Graduate Molecules Aggregating on a Surface that includes a Scratch

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Graduate What is meant by ##\rho_{xx}##?

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High School Would a Dyson sphere need a "relief valve?"

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Graduate Amplitude of a stationary wave

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High School Why are there no bubbles in a pipette when pressure is released?

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Undergrad Division of a physical quantity

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Undergrad Berkeley Physics Course- vol 3

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High School Why does coffee in a glass leaves its signatory on the surface?

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Undergrad Why does an epidemic model allow linear growth when R0 > 1?

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High School Does a rubber mat on a device prevent static build up

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Undergrad Cavity resonances between two long parallel plates

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Undergrad Standing Waves vs Traveling Waves

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Undergrad Writing about a simple physics lab

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Undergrad Nanoantennae calculation for covid-19

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High School Diffusion behavior of particulates

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High School Research topics for dew point and relative humidity measurements

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Graduate Deriving equations 2.31-2.34 from 2.28-2.29

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Undergrad How can I understand valence bond theory and VSEPR theory?

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Undergrad Why does the arrangement of the Periodic Table make no sense?

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Graduate What are the most important open questions in classical physics?

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High School Does Feynman mean the 3D space is what everything moves in?

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High School Does a vernier caliper have doubtful figures?

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Undergrad Why Do Fractions Like 2/3 and 3/2 Frequently Appear in Physics Problems?

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Undergrad Derivatives of Energy: 2nd Time Rate of Change, Useless in Physics?

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Undergrad Removing moisture from polyester staples

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High School Calculus basics for beginners

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High School Hydraulic resistor as a constriction in a pipe

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High School Why does Sunset look different from Sunrise?

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Undergrad Reynolds Number in Organism-Fluid Interactions

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Undergrad Why do Bubbles oscillate sinusoidally?

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High School How are scientific laws tested against infinite instances?

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Undergrad EV per Torr*cm -- What does it mean?

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High School Why does internal pressure rise in air-supported structures during wind and snow?

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High School 100sqft wormhole from sea level to outer space?

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High School Can friction generate gamma radiation

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High School Blocking all type of energies/waves/signals

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Undergrad What does elongation mean in wave notation g(x,t)

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Undergrad Resonance gets sharper just by increasing the resonance freq, why?

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High School Why are Biological Materials easily broken despite being very strong?

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High School Can Smaller Chequers Change the Color of a Spinning Red and Green Pattern?

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Undergrad Using the ni Formula from a Paper with N=7: What do I Get?

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High School Change in field strength if two variables are incremented at the same time

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High School Raindrops Cracking Windshields

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High School Where Does Energy Go in Young's Double Slit Experiment?

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Graduate How Do Van Der Waals Forces Influence Adhesion in Glue and Gecko Setae?

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Undergrad How can we quickly locate an avalanche victim using technical tools?

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High School Stratified Flows: Definition and Physical Meaning

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Undergrad Why does the wave equation describe simple harmonic motion?

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Graduate Synchronization from dissipation?

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Undergrad Why do bubbles coalesce in liquids?

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High School What are the general calculus concepts used in classical physics?

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High School How to tell if a quantity is defined as a derivative or a ratio

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High School How does color X-ray imaging compare to MRI for medical and security applications?

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Undergrad Need advice on vacuum / suction experiment

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High School Calibrating measurements from scratch

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High School What is the definition of angle?

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Graduate Signal Processing and the Duffing ODE

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High School Gaining Perspective on Valid Digits in Physics Problems

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Undergrad What distinguishes pressure from normal stress in bird transport phenomena?

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High School What is the meaning of the word "resolved"?

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Undergrad Difference between stationary and steady state

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Undergrad Why a massive body is easier to break than a tiny body?

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High School Shifting of a Cosine Curve with negative phase angle values

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Undergrad In what cases does dimensional analysis fail?

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High School What exactly is Dimensional Analysis?

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High School What does the unit m³/kg·s² mean for the gravitational constant?

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High School Doppler effect with moving source and stationary observer

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High School Calculating mono filler depth for spinning reel with braid

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Undergrad What is the connection between holograms and the implicate order?

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Insights Basics of dimensional analysis

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Undergrad What is the correct phrasing for matrix Bellman nonhomogeneous equations?

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Undergrad Calculating Energy and Q of a Vibrating String

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High School Getting a newspaper page to stick to a wall using wooden pencil

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High School Does warm air rise or does cold air sink?

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Undergrad The fast Fourier transform and droplet frequencies

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High School A magic number or only a number?

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Undergrad Thread attempt 2: Edge physics trying to understand

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Graduate What Defines Waves as Resonant Generated?

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Undergrad Chain rule when x is a function of ξ and η in d'Alembert's solution

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High School Why doesn't the ink in a pen refill flow back if I hold it inverted?

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Undergrad D'Alembert's solution to the wave equation

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Undergrad Understanding Waves: The Importance of Fourier Analysis in Undergraduate Physics

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High School Can He be used as a safer alternative to H in blimps?

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Undergrad Optimal Copper Pipe Size for Misting System

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Undergrad Would an unstable emulsion separate in the abscense of gravity? How?

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Undergrad Why do positive gravity anomalies increase sea level?

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High School Can color be used for measuring density?

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Undergrad High resolution visible spectrum

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Undergrad Predicting espresso portafilter hole size from acoustic resonance

  • JT Smith
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Graduate Which liquids do not supercool?

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Graduate Is there a passive molecular flow 'diode'?

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Undergrad Phase shift at resonance in a driven harmonic oscillator

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Undergrad How is Peter Debye's name pronounced?

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Undergrad Deriving Laplace's law for spherical pressure vessels

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Undergrad How do you exactly calculate the theoretical maximum efficiency of an LED?

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Graduate Calculating Flow of Helium in a Verticle Pipe

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Graduate Finding a comprehensive transform tables reference

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Graduate Combining advective transport equations by quotient rule for concentration ratio

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Undergrad Joukowsky Equation: Applies to Gases Too?

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