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Where Can I Find Good Resources on Central Force and Scattering?
Dec 31, 2009
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What is the weight-bearing capacity of lightweight aerogel material?
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How to determine a lens width?
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Why did Newton believe light was a particle?
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Is regular light considered a soliton?
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Understanding the Dual Nature of Light: Particle or Wave?
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Finding Green Light Wavelengths for Dissertation
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Refraction and fiber optic cable diameter
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Can Photons Create Black Holes?
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Why is diffraction most pronounced for objects on the order of the wavelength?
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Color and visible light in general
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Relationship between light amplitude and intensity
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Curving light undergoing redshift
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Explanation of laser intensity
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Diffuse light - clear reflection
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Material that blocks visible light but not uv light
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Can microwaves burn metallic objects?
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Does anyone know a crystal with refractive index of water?
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How could you influence the number of photons emitted from a metal
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How to determine rarer & denser medium for light?
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Basic conceptual description of lightspeed having a limit
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Speed of light in denser and rarer medium.
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Measuring Light Speed - Is Light Massless?
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Computing Flight Forces. Im getting so upset
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What is the significance of negative index of refraction in modern physics?
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How Far Must Someone Fall in a Cylinder to See the Entrance as a Dot of Light?
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The Mystery of 99% Reflecting Mirrors: A Physics Perspective
Dec 1, 2009
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Photographic 'Circular Polarisers': what are they?
Dec 1, 2009
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Optics Q : Diffraction Pattern from a Ronchi Ruling
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Light Intensity and Number of Photons
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Relationship between Refractive index and Inpedance
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Spin Polarization: Definition & Spintronics Logic Levels
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Speed of light : missing energy
Nov 25, 2009
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Why Aren't My New LED Headlights Working?
Nov 25, 2009
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Polarizing radar waves with egg slicers
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The acceleration of mass using light
Nov 25, 2009
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Light Wavelengths: Causes & Frequency Explained
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How does the inverse square law apply to electromagnetic radiation?
Nov 23, 2009
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Mysterious Tiny Spots in a Laser Spot
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Can light produce darkness and can noise procude quiteness 4
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Measuring components of circularly polarised light.
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Is Light Considered a State of Matter?
Nov 18, 2009
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Polarizing Light: Uses in Science & Technology
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Gravity Probe 2 Success: Lens Thirring Effect Explained
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If light has mass, and is a wave
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Refractive Index: Methods for Determining Beyond Newton's Rings
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Mechanism of reflection at the atomic scale
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Light velocity, wavelength, and frequency
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Why Do Molecules Absorb Photons at Combined Frequencies v1 + v2?
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Solving Refraction Optics Puzzle for Color Project
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Affordable Solar Cell for Sunblock Experiment | UV Light & Electricity
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I need some help with this project (optics and lens design)
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Single slit diffraction interference
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Does Light Bend in an Electro-Magnetic Field?
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Metal inside a microwave oven -> ice?
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Relative Velocity of running towards a mirror
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Y ICE doesnt melt when placed in microwave oven?
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Can a prism separate two different waveforms with the same spectrum?
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Is light a wave AND/OR a particle
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If light is a constant then gravity is also right?
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How Does Light Intensity Vary with Distance from an Incoherent Extended Source?
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How Fast Do Forces Like Gravity and Magnetism Act Compared to Light?
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What gives objects their color?
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Optical Phenomena with White Wine and Glass
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Getting Started with Lens Design
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Amount of light needed to capture images
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Interference between different mode of light
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How Do Mirrors Create the Illusion of Depth?
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Is the speed of light truly unattainable?
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Why do we see 2 waves in interference instead of 3 or 4?
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Light passing through the normal of a surface
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Alternator which is light in weight
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Can Superposition Be Applied to a Single Charge in Different Dielectric Media?
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Monitoring and Stopping Radio Waves
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Speed of light is set to be 299,792,458 m/s
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How does LLoyd's mirror works?
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Cryogen-cooled x-ray tube anode
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Faster than light Information Possible?
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Light in a perfect reflective box
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Mirage is refraction phenomenon or total internal reflection phenomenon?
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Diffuse Reflection of InfraRed
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Refraction and the apparent slowing down of light
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Why does light travel so fast?
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Size and distance of different wavelengh photons?
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In what medium do light, energy, and matter exist?
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How Can You Tell if Your Glasses Have High-Index Lenses?
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Greenhouse effect (reflection vs transmission)
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Metal in Microwave Ovens: A Scientific Explanation
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How can I prevent my LED lights from blowing out on my car?
Sep 26, 2009
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