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Most effective means of moving hot air?
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Is Information described by physics?
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Is it possible to have distance but apply no force?
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Plotting Graphs for Physics Labs - Maximize Scale & Break Axis
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My Unanswered Question: What is the Capacitive Current?
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What is the physics of a ukulele
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Does Light Travel in a Single Line or Cone-Like Receiving?
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What causes the formation of beads in rocket exhaust plumes?
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Why Objects Burn Up Upon Entering Earth's Atmosphere
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Understanding Virial Theorem: Comparing Equations
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Biophysics enzyme experiments for a second year lab
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Using Vector Notation in Physics: Appropriate or Wrong?
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Group delay measurement using Michelson Interferometer
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Properties of a bimetallic strip
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Estimating Label Quantity on a Used Roll
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Harry Wertmuller's Doubt on Windmill Energy Proportionality
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Why Ampere is Not a SI Unit? A Brief Overview
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Standard Deviation: Learn for Chemistry Lab Quiz
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What Defines an Ideal Gas and How Does It Differ from Real Gases?
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Understanding Experimental Error
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Greenhouse Gas Misunderstanding?
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Is there any law that states something cannot have 100% efficiency?
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Introductory demonstration materials
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Reformulation instead of Renormalizations
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Calculating Load on Anchors for Three Hammocks
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-ve sign in expression of induced emf
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Does the moon have greater gravitational force than the Sun on the Earth?
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Why is long wave reception better in mountainous areas compared to VHF?
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Questions About Objects Touching?
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Do we move through higher dimensions?
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Does physics support the notion of eternity?
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Can Water Reach 101°C @ 1 Atmosphere?
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Solving Velocity Addition Formula: 0.75c+0.75c = 0.96c
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Orange - Hitting it lying on a surface or hanging free
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Vector Quantities: Can Unit of Measurement Reveal Vector?
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How Do I Calculate the Output of My Wind Turbine Using Faraday's Law?
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Win Nobel Prize in Physics with Electrical Engineering?
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Question about Schwarzschild radius
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What does axially symmetric mean mathematically?
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Help Me Find Report on Thermal Expansion & Elasticity
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How Does Electromagnetic Technology Impact Cell Phone Connectivity?
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Unfolded Hypercube: 4D Cube Ideas & Imagination
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Relation between wet ability and viscosity
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Does anyone have any recommendations as to how to assign error to this?
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Feynman Messenger Lectures (via Microsoft)
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Slit for the Double Slit Experiment
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Understanding Energy in Physics: Is it Matter or Force?
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What is the most efficient and powerful way to store energy?
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Confused about Vertical Windmills
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Why the Tides Increase Earth-Moon Distance
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Is Antimatter Naturally Occurring in Outer Space or Only Created on Earth?
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Cooling the human body with fans.
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Normal coordinates of a dynamical system
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Time Derivative: How Does 2x Differ from x² Differ?
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Gravity at Toronto, Ontario: Find Acceleration Value Here
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What Causes the Energy Gain Paradox in This Thought Experiment?
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What happens when an object sinks to the bottom of a liquid?
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Organic matter in absolute zero?
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What is a Gauge? Illustrative Explanation
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Do different masses ever combine?
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When a stream hits a surface, why does the stream always split in two?
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Is mass constant or does it increase due to expansion of the universe?
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Solving the Mystery Equation - Physics Library Wall
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What Happens to Photons During Ionization?
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What Causes Normal Forces in Physics?
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Davy's Safety Lamp: How Does it Get Oxygen to Burn in Coal Mines?
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Why is the action stationary for the true path in mechanics?
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Conformal group, Conformal algebra and Conformal invariance in field theory
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Best Golf Ball Launcher for Monkey and Hunter Game
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Investigating Tonometer Experiment: Standing Wave Phenomenon
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Is Dispersion Present in Expanding Cylindrical Waves of an Infinite Radiator?
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Obtaining research papers from journals
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Is the Conservation of Information a Valid Principle in Physics?
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Possible webpage title: What is Mass Eccentricity and Its Role in Biomechanics?
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Using dimensional analyisis to verify formulae
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How to Calculate the Volume of the Earth Using Scientific Notation
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The Meaning of the Ideal Gas Equation: Vdp + pdV = 0
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What is wrong with this argument?
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Creating a Temporary Vacuum: Is it Possible?
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Brewster's Angle: Reflection and Refraction Intensity
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In 4-D, the Earth orbits around the sun in a straight line
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Elementary question involving turkey thaw process
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Uncovering the Science Behind Noisy Oven Fans
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Does Gravity Increase with Depth Inside the Earth?
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Scanning tunneling microscopes, physics lab
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Can the Passage Principle Explain Cross-Nature Movement in Physics?
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