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What is the math of this effect?
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Atoms Everywhere: Unseeing Them Again?
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Angular deflection problem in asteroid game
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Why Does Matter Cause Space to Warp?
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If Uranium's half life is 4.5 billion years, why does it become waste
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The physics behind slipstreaming/drafting
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Integration in Physics: Applications & Area Under Curve
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*2 trucks each going 50km/m hit head on with a force of still 50km/h ?
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Reading an old physics book and
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Why do people say that mass is too fundamental to know exactly what it is?
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Gravity Map of Earth: Have You Seen It?
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Understanding HVAC Dampers and Flow Rates
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J.J Thompson's Cathode Ray Experiment
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What are the different names for mass and their translations in Italian?
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How is hail formed in thunderclouds?
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Turning a conductor into an insulator
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Is Movement Truly Possible Despite the Paradox?
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Maths needed for voice simulation
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Wave Encyclopedia: Examples of Transverse & Longitudinal Waves
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How to cancel a split image - is it actually possible?
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What is the difference between MeV/c2 and MeV?
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Age of Atoms: How Old Am I Really?
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Boltzmann Equation-where'd the 3 come from?
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Seal Team Six Helicopter Crash 5/1
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How much energy could be collected from such a setup?
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Ensuring Stability: Calculating the Base Weight for a DIY TV Stand
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Can we go through the center of the Earth
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How Do We Calculate the Gravity of Different Particles and Celestial Bodies?
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How to calculate the RPMs needed to make a spincast lquid parabolic dish?
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Which Are the Fundamental Universal Constants?
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Deriving Barometric Equation: Force Balance Confusion
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Solving 2D Diffusion Problem: Analytical Solution Needed
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Proton Oscillations: Utilizing Charge for Efficient Space Communication
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Is the gravitation source of energy? And yes then can we use this
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Four vector made of Pauli matrices commute?
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Energy as a 5th state of matter?
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What was the conclusion of the Milikan oil drop experiment?
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Final Year Computer Science Project
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COMSOL example model results do not match with Mathematical Model
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How would you in few words explain 'force'?
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Are CT Scans More Dangerous Than We Thought?
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Solar Energy Without Solar Cells?
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Is There a Q Factor for DBRs?
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Where does the energy come from? (superconduction)
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Is Ablimation the Same as Sublimation?
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How to Compare Analytical and Measured Forces?
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Is it possible, two packages traversing through the earth at different lattidues
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Find Thrust of a Model Rocket Motor
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Is it energy, energy change, or action?
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Why does gravity cancel out for all points inside a sphere?
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Sources Of Error: closed air column
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What is mass? and is negative matter really possible
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How is the consumption of free energy defined and measured in thermodynamics?
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Intuition for information theory
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What exactly is relativistic mass?
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Image processing - convolution & fourier
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DLVO interaction: Choice of Hamaker constants
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How do we know we can just add vectors in Plane-Wind problems?
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Anti-matter vs matter at creation.
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Extra Dimensions: Real or Mathematical Constructs?
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Why is the sum of Lyapunov exponents negative in dissipative systems?
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Air Flow Formula Help: Calculating % of Volume Lost in 2.8 Seconds
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An axial force between neutrinos.
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Most efficient window for an air conditioning unit?
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Understanding Sieverts and Their Impact on Human Health
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What Happens to Neutrons in Matter/Anti-Matter Annihilation?
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So, is the frequency of the wave affected by the change in velocity?If so, how?
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Kramer Kronigs applicable in what situations
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Can We Really See the Past Through Science?
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What would happen if Earth's core where moved? (Gravity)
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Thoughts on Alien weapons' technology in Crysis
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What is a Valvular Conduit and Its Applications?
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Redox and other unique battery solutions
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Problem in determinig Poles of a Solenoid
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Measuring Air Permittivity: Change in Density
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I smoke. I like to lite cigarets with matches. It was long time since
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Understanding d=1/2gt^2 for Beginner Physics Students
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Invisible paint? is it possible?
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Solve Gas Expansion Problem: CO2 Tank, Expansion Chamber & Ambient Heat
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Uncertainty Formulas for High-School Level
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Is Energy Conserved in General Relativity?
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An idea I can't find anywhere Help me figure this out please
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Why Does Gas Float Upward: Investigating Mass Difference
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A question about opposite and equal reactions
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Fictional Application of Ring-Vortex
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Conductor in a Static B Field: Impact on Electron Orbitals and Induction"
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What Is Energy: Unveiling the Mystery
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Redshift: Speed of Light & Beyond?
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Why Do Clouds & Rapids Look White?
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How does a coaxial transmission line work?
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Relating schematic equation to find total distance
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Vibration of a Circular Membrane Equation
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How to come up with research questions?
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Gravity Simulator - Try it Out & Learn Physics!
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How can a digital to analogue converter be designed to produce a squared output?
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Golf : Advantage of a longer drive ?
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Physics of Elevator: Will Inertia Allow a Person to Touch the Roof?
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Let's say I have a container and it has an opening. I drop it into the
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Use of solving complex DC circuits with Kirchhoff's laws
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Discrete Force Fields: Quantized or Infinite?
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