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Undergrad Understanding the Venturi Effect
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Undergrad Transmission in Single Mode Waveguide
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Undergrad Understanding Measurement Uncertainty: Calculating Accuracy and Precision
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Undergrad General question about how objects move nature (discrete or continuous?)
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Undergrad Is there no stable isotope of Tungsten?
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Undergrad Rocket equation: is there an optimal thrust?
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Undergrad Quaternions vs. Einstein's four-vectors
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Undergrad Is the following equation a wave?
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Undergrad Fourier transform and locality/uncertainty
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Undergrad What is convection in a serpentine flow field?
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Undergrad Help with formula to calculate the precession rate change
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Undergrad Why is there a sonic boom at Mach 1.5?
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Undergrad Physics: Science and Understanding or Tool of Prediction
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Undergrad Why no higher derivative in physics?
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Undergrad Are the energy requirements the same for moving masses in different scenarios?
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Undergrad Can a sheet of paper cut something if thin enough?
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Undergrad Explaining Siphon Mechanics with Bernoulli's Equation
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Undergrad How do PIR detectors react to plants?
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Undergrad Second order, non-linear, non-homogeneous differential eq.
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Undergrad How can an atom reach less than absolute zero?
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Undergrad Equalizing Pressure in Pipe for Safe Container Design
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Undergrad Why do protons and nuclei of light elements not ionize solid objects like metal?
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Undergrad Why do people ignore sweat dropping off as a cooling mechanism
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Undergrad Stress exerted on a wooden cube dropped on concrete floor
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Undergrad Can a Mass Spectrometer Deflect Space Debris in Orbit?
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Undergrad Explain about the information lost through black hole
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Undergrad Ponderomotive Force - What is it?
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Undergrad Is Time Reversal Symmetry Truly Fundamental?
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Undergrad Software for calculating Feynman diagrams
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Undergrad What would happen if you brought a deodorant can to 0 Kelvin
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Undergrad Derivation of the Laplacian in Spherical Coordinates
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Undergrad Formula for concentration of force (battle axe vs. a mace)
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Undergrad How to move cool air down through a house?
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Undergrad Are there hidden phenomena under the moon that only the naked eye can see?
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Undergrad Is the curl of a vector perpendicular to the vector?
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Undergrad How does the physics of a rubber band plane affect its flight?
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Undergrad Why Doesn't a Spinning Wheel Drop Due to Its Own Weight?
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Undergrad Do Neutrons Have Different Masses in Different Isotopes?
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Undergrad Reduction of the Centre of Gravity
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Undergrad Could Two-Dimensional Physics Offer New Insights into Our Reality?
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Undergrad What Happens When Different Metals Touch in Space?
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Undergrad Can a Spectrometer be used to detect material type?
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Undergrad Crazy steam-hydraulic unit design
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Undergrad Recent Rainbow - three supernumerary bows
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Undergrad How to Control Basement Humidity Without Warming Air
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Undergrad Understanding Stopping Distance & Its Relation to Speed and Angular Movement
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Undergrad What is the Abstract Definition of Energy?
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Undergrad Why is the Voltage Induced in a Rotating Coil Sinusoidal?
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Undergrad Final year project/ dissertation ideas
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Undergrad Bose-Einstein condensates coherence
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Undergrad How would a 4th Dimensional Object Move?
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Undergrad How many ticks would an instantaneous clock have in a minute?
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Undergrad Vibrating String: Blue & Red Line Resonance
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Undergrad Why are pollutant emissions measured in g/km?
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Undergrad What are the limits on resolution of STORM/PALM?
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Undergrad How do standing waves continue propagating?
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Undergrad Use a level to test the Earth's curvature?
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Undergrad Troubleshooting a Derivation: Why μ*ε=1/c^2?
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Undergrad Modal frequencies of a vibrating circular membrane? (DRUM)
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Undergrad Error in declination of linear regression
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Undergrad Basic discussion about the ionosphere
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Undergrad Best fit of a function containing costants with error
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Undergrad Can an Atom Become a Black Hole?
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Undergrad Why is the EM spectrum contiguous instead of gapped
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Undergrad What Is the Group Velocity of Evanescent Waves?
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Undergrad Measuring Wave Speed: Reference Frame Considerations
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Undergrad Why bother with Astrophysics if we have String Theory?
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Undergrad Possible to estimate the location of a measurement point?
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Undergrad Why is the image formed next to the object?
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Undergrad Correct relation is F^{ij} = - epsilon^{ijk} B^k.
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Undergrad Differential forms as a basis for covariant antisym. tensors
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Undergrad Time Reversal Operator: Physics Explained
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Undergrad Minimum deviation in prism spectroscope
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Undergrad Are 55% Efficient Peltier Coolers Using Vacuum Technology Real?
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Undergrad Application of resonance in one end closed pipe in real life
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Undergrad Deriving the E Cross B Drift Velocity: A Puzzling Explanation
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Undergrad How can I identify the appropriate spectral line for Doppler calculation?
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Undergrad Build my own virtual wind tunnel
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Undergrad Confusion regarding line integrals
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Undergrad How Did Pre-Newtonian Heliocentrists Explain Gravity?
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Undergrad I need a list of all singularities in physics
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Undergrad Can all the Quarks be found in the Sun?
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Undergrad Lumens and the Luminosity Function
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Undergrad Gamma ray cross sections from classical plane wave
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Undergrad Are continous Spectra actually discrete?
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Undergrad Determining Appropriate Focal Length
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Undergrad Superconductors and the Meissner effect
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Undergrad Strength of materials in a reinforcing being for garage
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Undergrad Waveguide Question: TE & TM Waves Explained
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Undergrad Calculate the Dipole Moment of an object
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Undergrad Is Time Reversibility Inherent in All Physical Laws?
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Undergrad In gravitational assistance, does the mass matter?
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Undergrad Understanding Lorenz Gauge Derivation
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Undergrad Why Does No Current Flow Between C and D in This Circuit?
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Undergrad Annihilation and production of bosons
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Undergrad Linear and nonlinear physical theories
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Undergrad Calcuating retinal irradiance from the sun
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