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Program that will draw a(t) knowing x(t) in SHM
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Gravitational field strength at latitude
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Information travel faster than c ?
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Find Center of Gravity for a Wheelchair
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Is Division by Zero Possible in Physics?
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Where does energy originate from?
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What Determines the Magnetic Field Orientation in a P Type Semiconductor Coil?
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What does stability mean in chemistry?
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What Is Mrad(Si)? Irradiation Damage To Semiconductor Devices
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What Causes the Normal Reaction Force Balancing Weight (mg)?
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Incandescence or Luminescence: How Do They Differ?
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Calculating Turn Radius Change During Bank Angle Change
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Principle & Working of U-Tube Manometer
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Creating a Popsicle Stick Parachute: The Egg Drop Challenge
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Questions re: absorption spectrum
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Does the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle make human teleportation impossible?
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What is a Wave? Explaining the Basics of Wave Phenomena
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What causes things to BEGIN moving in a field?
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What if one stand in the middle of a composite boson?
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Is the Graviton Really Massless?
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Physics Basics: Nucleus, Nuclide, Neutron, Electron & Proton
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LDR Circuit Projects - Ideas for Science Fair
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Waves under Boundary Conditions
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Electric Shock Experiment: Effects on Hands in Water vs. Dry Hands
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Thought Experiment: Weight of Electrons & Positrons in a Container
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What is the graviton propagator in the first order formalism?
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Are There REALLY Infinite Colours?
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Gravity Q&A: Difference Between Person's Reaction & Ground Reaction
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Calculating the Density of a Neutron
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Understanding Spin: Share Your Ideas!
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Understanding the Science Behind Colour: Explained Simply
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Determining the distance of a pipe by the length of an echo
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Location of an object moving in a circular path
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How do supersonic sources create sonic booms?
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My misconception about the preservation of energy.
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What is the true meaning of nothingness?
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Glass as Insulator: Fact or Fiction?
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Exists Neutronium On Earth? Why Not Create?
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Physics Notation Help: M_\odot - Mass?
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What Causes Sparks Between Charged Metal Plates in a Pendulum Experiment?
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What Happens When a Marshmallow Collides with a Human in Space?
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Mass vs Distance: Does Distance Affect Mass?
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The Limitations of Distance Perception in Everyday Life
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Screw Gauge Pitch: Length of Main Scale Division?
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Reversed spectrum through prism?
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Can Two 19-Liter Bottles Lift a 75kg Person Off the Ground?
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Why Is the Constant Excluded in Uncertainty Calculations?
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Calculating velcoity around a corner
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All the bodies in our solar system alligns in one line?
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You shoot them straight into the air, which one hits the ground first?
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Will it ever be possible to create Matter from a large source of energy ?
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Does More Air Pressure Increase or Decrease Trumpet Volume?
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What Was Einstein Searching For in His Final Years?
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Calculate Interception Angle for Enemy B
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Converting dBm to dB: A Simple Guide
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Effect of Doping on Fermi Energy
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That 2 waves can overlap one and another
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Absorption spectrum in chlorophyll
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Uncovering the Connection: Feynman's Insight on the Gaussian Integral and Pi
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Why is the thrust force equal to the change in momentum of the rocket?
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Poisson dist. with small numbers
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How Does Dye Concentration Affect Color Reflection in Art and Science?
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Best Materials for Microwave Heating (No Metal)
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How Mass is Determined: Uncovering the Mystery of Weight and Matter
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Difference between Nothing & Vacuum
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Why is gold plated on high end audio equipment instead of using copper?
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Swimming in short wavelength waves and high wavelength waves
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Explanation of radioactive decay
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What Is the Role of Space-Space Components in the Stress Tensor?
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Gaussian beam passing through a circular aperture
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What is the Joule Thomson Effect and why does it matter for real gases?
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Odd Square Wave Behavior in Lab Experiment
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What is the relationship between the strong force and E=mc2?
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Gravity: What Forces Keep an Object in Orbit?
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Is Gravity a Residual Force from Fundamental Interactions?
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What Does the Radiowave Absorption Formula in the Ionosphere Mean?
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Maximizing Door Lock Security: Factors to Consider for Optimal Protection
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Helicopter Hovering: Solving the Mystery of Earth's Rotation
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Q's regarding Conceptual Physics
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Can Photon Energy Be Equated to Kinetic and Potential Energy?
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What vibrates in De Broglie waves?
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What Causes the Upward Force Counteracting Gravity?
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Ferrofluids Research: Ideas and Suggestions
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Questions About Gravity: Answers to Understand
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Flames: What Are Fire Flames Made Up Of?
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Touching both terminals of a battery
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Calculating Decibel Levels with Increasing Fans
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What happens to bubbles in fizzy drinks in zero gravity?
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Importance of a keystone in an arch?
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Would finely dispersed radioactive aerosols be correct to say?
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Can Two Lasers Overlap and Create a Single Point of Light?
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Can clothes dry without any air movement
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How do heat production and rolling resistance work together?
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Physics Proofs: What to Expect as a Physics Major
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Perception of Colors: Comparing sRGB Triples & Metrics
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Are Neutrons Mostly Empty Space Like Black Holes?
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Energy from combustion of element
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Adjusting Center of Mass for Equal Weight Objects
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