Participate in expert physics discussion. Discussion on the nature and properties of matter and energy. This area is for topics that don't fit the other categories. Mainstream physics only.
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Graduate Understanding Poisson's Equation: General Forms
- OllyRutts
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Undergrad Scale Factors: Is a 10x Bigger Earth Possible?
- Gondur
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Undergrad What pressure does a blower curve measure?
- Mormont
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High School Why do coalesced water drops gain kinetic energy?
- gianeshwar
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Undergrad Are Individuals with Autism Truly Geniuses in the Field of Physics?
- Bestfrog
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Undergrad Does the open area of my window make a difference?
- Fodder
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News How much physics helped Elon Musk create his companies?
- Grands
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What would be a good birthday gift for an astrophysicist?
- henry wang
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High School Do humans see in 2D, 2.5D, or 3D?
- ErenJaeger2
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High School Are There Clocks That Measure Real Objective Time?
- timeuser84
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Graduate Is There a Platform for Hosting a General Relativity Study Group in Physics?
- Antonello
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High School Calculate length of side of cube
- Omsin
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Undergrad Does a higher frame rate on a UHD TV affect the perception of motion?
- jerromyjon
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Undergrad How is TE selected as long or short?
- Ian Martin
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Undergrad Uncertainties and significant figures
- Benjamin Irwin
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Graduate Do many people believe in false QM ideas
- Trollfaz
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High School Is it possible to use technology from a nervous system?
- lekh2003
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Undergrad Error Propagation (Percentage) - sin(x)^2 / x^2
- Strides
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High School Why are only some parts of this ice block cloudy?
- Wrichik Basu
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High School Dimensions of A and B are different, how to express?
- Indranil
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High School What does dv/dt mean in calculus?
- ChiragGupta
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High School Can Cement Dust Cause Electrical Malfunctions?
- star apple
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Undergrad Can a butterfly or jet realistically cause a tornado through the butterfly effect?
- BernieM
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Undergrad What Are the Scientific Names for These Physical Movements?
- aoede
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Undergrad What are the dangers of misinformation in science reporting?
- phinds
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Graduate Why Is Chaos Deterministic and Not Random?
- student-engineer
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2017 Nobel Prize in Physics - Opinions and Expectations
- ISamson
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Insights An Analysis of Road Capacity - Comments
- Svein
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Undergrad Trouble with Humboldt H12090 aspirator vacuum pump
- joniverson
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Undergrad Effects of Ultrasonic Transducer in contact with glass
- Mark Brown
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Undergrad Fitting Curve by Exponential Growth Function - Rajini
- Rajini
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Undergrad What if everyone on Earth starts bursting crackers for one day?
- parshyaa
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News Have you visited the LHC in Copenhagen?
- Blue Scallop
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Graduate GR vs SR: Which Theory Reigns Supreme in the Scientific World?
- Lunct
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Undergrad Mimicking Gravity with Magnetism and Angular Momentum
- MrInquisitive
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High School What exactly happens when touch a surface
- Arif Setiawan
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Undergrad Can someone explain this equation for Reynolds' number?
- Jehannum
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Undergrad Maximum size a mammal could grow to?
- parshyaa
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High School Must two quantities have the same dimensions
- Nikhil faraday
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High School Why did the 1986 Challenger break apart from a fuel leak fire?
- nmsurobert
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Graduate Gravitational Waves: The 2017 Nobel Prize Surprise?
- gleem
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High School Who said Fidget Spinners were boring?
- jedishrfu
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High School Does larger surface area make sound louder through a barrier?
- Kaneki123
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High School How should I even begin to understand physics?
- paradoxbox
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Undergrad Uncertainty Analysis: Understanding Errors in Quantity Measurements
- Henryflycat
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Graduate Is there a PF section specifically for classical and quantum entropy?
- Fran888
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Undergrad Is sand a better conductor than clay? And why?
- AppeltjeBosheuvel
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High School Plural of the unit henry in physics
- Thomas_h_h_
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High School Is mass a measurement of energy?
- Cody Richeson
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High School What is the Physics behind Smells?
- chrismcgivney
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Graduate Degrees of freedom and dependent sample variances
- mshr
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High School Steps and rules for solving physics problems systematically
- FScheuer
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Undergrad Calculating expected number of measurements
- aron silvester
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High School What are the dimensions/units of Evaporation?
- AppeltjeBosheuvel
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Undergrad Negative values for Gaussian Distribution
- aron silvester
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Neil deGrasse Tyson's approach to science communication
- jedishrfu
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Undergrad What Materials Absorb IR The Best?
- arc31
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High School Is Energy Constantly Changing Its Location?
- mark!
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High School Why the energy that waves transfer is only dependent on amplitude
- Karagoz
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High School What is scientific and what is not?
- fbgiant
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Random thoughts thread while microwaving dinner
- skyshrimp
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Graduate Questions about Taylor dispersion in laminar pipeflow
- tjuaachen
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Graduate Flow in Porous Media and Granular Beds
- tjuaachen
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Undergrad Emission spectra of different materials
- JohnnyGui
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High School High School Science Fair Ideas: Unique Research Projects
- ChrisisC
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Undergrad Box dimensions for resonating with a wood panel at a given frequency
- needtoknow86
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How Did Feynman's Unique Teaching Style Transform Problem Solving?
- jedishrfu
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High School Why did it take 100 years approximately for the idea of energy to be accepted
- cosmic onion
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Undergrad If AI could replace physicists why should we still research?
- Gjmdp
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Undergrad Distinctions among the concepts: mass, matter, energy
- Buzz Bloom
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High School What Is Physics?
- RaphaelHythlodaeus
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Undergrad What good is it? << Where did this phrase come from?
- Adoniram
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High School How is a Vaccum mathmatically described?
- Gregory Wood
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High School Is energy just change that is quantified
- cosmic onion
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High School Do Quartz Crystals in Ancient Structures Emit Energy?
- Prashant Chaudhary
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High School Is 'echo of sound waves' less accurate than 'reflection' for SONAR?
- Fiona Rozario
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Solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 - viewing plans and memories
- MarkFL
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High School What is the reason for the Emergence of properties?
- Deepak K Kapur
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Looking for the Vintage movie on Physics -- shows swimmer diving
- Carolyn252
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Undergrad Fluid transfer low flow to high without a pump
- drrader5
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High School How can one turn diamond powder back into hard stone form
- Ishamel13
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High School Elements capable of cooling without compression?
- Mikewrx17
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Undergrad How does a magnetic field affect the aggregation of nonpolar molecules in water?
- Pyrophoric
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High School Understanding Perception: The Role of Our Senses in Interpreting Mass and Colors
- satyesu
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Graduate Should angles have dimensions in SI units?
- DrClaude
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Undergrad Will Increasing Tension of a Two Loop Standing Wave Change its Frequency?
- echoi11
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Undergrad High-pitched squeal from sealed thermal tumbler cooling down
- MC70
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High School Accuracy of moon orbiting earth in how many days and hours
- Ahmed2017
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Member of the Poincare or Lorentz Group
- Rainbows_
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Undergrad Why Is There No SI Unit For Information?
- Nim
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Undergrad Can a rigid pole transmit force instantaneously between distant observers?
- Eric Hanaway
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Undergrad Why can some people balance on their heels with arms crossed?
- fahraynk
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Undergrad Fans with 3 blades vs. 6 blades (noise, efficiency)?
- Nantes
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High School You normally go through B and C when passing from A to D
- Vir27
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High School What Is the Significance of the Constant c in Wave Equations?
- davidge
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Undergrad The length of the visible horizon
- alitanha
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High School Pocket size molecular spectrometer
- Rainbows_
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Undergrad What causes a 15-fold Raman shift at 2100 cm⁻¹ in water?
- Rainbows_
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Online video lectures about principles of GPS?
- senmeis
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High School Optimal Technique for Opening Windows on a Moving Bus: Push or Pull?
- X Kim
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