Other Physics Topics Forum

Post thread
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.
Are You Ready to Witness Declassified Nuclear Bomb Tests on YouTube?
  • BillTre
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
High School Related to - Thermionic emission
  • Wasif Shah
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Undergrad Similarities / diffs between diffusion & wave propagation
  • philmolz
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Graduate Is the scientific method in physics substantially different?
  • yolo420wildebeast
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
High School Physics Nobel Prize Info-Graphic
  • BillTre
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
High School Hearing/Seeing Waves: Communicating Without Sight
  • a1234
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Graduate Oh, I'm finally getting the crackpot thing
  • Isaac0427
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Graduate Is there a semipermeable membrane for oxygen enrichment?
  • Steven Ellet
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Graduate Reducing Gaussian Noise in Antenna Impedance Measurements
  • uzi kiko
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Undergrad Why are fractions sometimes written as such: (A/B)/C?
  • ItsTheSebbe
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Graduate Huge and complex experiments -- validity
  • Dante Augusto
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Undergrad Does amplitude require spatial or temporal parameters?
  • LucidDreamer
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Undergrad How to protect liquid filled pods from leaking on a plane
  • Joey O
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Undergrad Energy consumption for n times x/n mass function?
  • Mikica Ludja
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
High School Has anyone ever studied the physics of DNA
  • TheDesigner
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Graduate The mouse and the cherry blossom, not random change
  • TheDesigner
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Gravitational waves pioneer Ronald Drever dies
  • atyy
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
High School What Does ± 5° Scatter from a Straight Line Mean in Graph Analysis?
  • Cozy_Powell
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
High School Comparing Calculated Models to Real-Life Situations
  • Dr Max
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
High School How does charging and depleting a battery makes it last longer?
  • kingster
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Undergrad Estimating UVA & UVB from UVI index
  • simonbour
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Undergrad Do perfect squares exist in physics?
  • mare veen
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
High School Negative deviation in PV vs P graph
  • Abhi9826
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Undergrad Why is Stokes flow time reversible?
  • larsa
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Graduate Josephson's going astray of mainstream physics
  • MathematicalPhysicist
  • · Replies 20 ·
Replies
20
News RIP Mildred Dresselhaus: Celebrating a Life of Scientific Achievement
  • robphy
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
  • Poll Poll
For physicists, what area do you specialize in (revamped)
  • StatGuy2000
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Graduate How Can Scientists Effectively Communicate Complex Concepts to Non-Experts?
  • houlahound
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19
Undergrad Can a Single Speaker Effectively Direct Low Frequencies?
  • newaqua
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Undergrad Can anybody give me a list of all cross products in physics.
  • faheemahmed6000
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
High School What is the true definition of energy?
  • Abhi9826
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Graduate Modeling diffusion and convection in a complex system
  • cg78ithaca
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Undergrad Revolutionary Physics experiments that changed the world
  • AvneetKaur
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
High School Gallium not becoming a solid again?
  • gary0318
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Undergrad How far do vibrations from a vehicle emanate?Doppler effect?
  • sistruguru
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
High School How to label displacement through time
  • physics_student16
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Undergrad Measuring the Volume of a Cup: A Scientific Analysis
  • cp3themvp
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Undergrad Diffusion and convection in a moving fluid
  • fahraynk
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
The correct pronounciation of de Broglie
  • genefalk
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Least Exciting Areas of Physics: What Subfield Do You Find the Most Boring?
  • Wminus
  • · Replies 22 ·
Replies
22
Undergrad Who are the Iconic Characters in Physics and Mathematics?
  • Krakatit
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Graduate European gravitational wave detector falters
  • DrClaude
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Undergrad Can someone explain this? (bootstrap paradox)
  • Varja
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Graduate Who Should Decide on Funding for Physics Research?
  • David Neves
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Undergrad Can a Brita Filter or LifeStraw Make Pool Water Safe to Drink?
  • RICKYtan
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Insights Interview with Physics Mentor: Stevendaryl - Comments
  • Greg Bernhardt
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
High School Why does ice piece sticks on hand but not wood piece?
  • Nitesh Swarnakar
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Slightly Physics related valentine's poem
  • Hawksteinman
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
High School Why Do Drinking Glasses Break Suddenly?
  • Kuze
  • · Replies 44 ·
2
Replies
44
High School Which liquid would be the best to swim up in?
  • cubby208
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
Undergrad What is the formula for gas propane conversion?
  • SophiaRivera007
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Undergrad Source for stock physics equations
  • Teclis
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Undergrad Are There Inherently Negative Physical Quantities?
  • RaduAndrei
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
High School Is 10Vpp Equivalent to 20dB in Signal Conversion?
  • Ashley1nOnly
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
High School How fast will 120 psi travel through a 3 inch tube in mph?
  • Joey Bradshaw
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
High School Physical requirements for Mars travelers
  • lifeonmercury
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Undergrad How do I correctly integrate the formula for deriving Posseuille's Law?
  • JohnnyGui
  • · Replies 26 ·
Replies
26
Undergrad Nuclear war destroying the planet? Nukes vs Dino-Comet
  • Battlemage!
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
Undergrad The Mandela Effect: Possible lead?
  • zacharyturner3
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Undergrad Mysterious Flashes of Light in Dark Room
  • Ncampbell530
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Leonardo’s Perpetual Motion Machines
  • dkotschessaa
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
High School Do all auroras occur in circles?
  • RICKYtan
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Undergrad Physicists set to revolutionize big data, AI
  • EnumaElish
  • · Replies 16 ·
Replies
16
Music for Focusing on Physics: What Are Your Go-To Tracks?
  • houlahound
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Undergrad The Normal Distribution - Random Errors
  • RaduAndrei
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
High School Significant Figures: Why Leading Zeros Don't Count
  • RaduAndrei
  • · Replies 32 ·
2
Replies
32
Did you watch the PBS Space-time Math video on Singularities?
  • MoreCoffee
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Graduate Deriving Ekman Transport in the Southern Hemisphere
  • ATY
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Undergrad Wired article: Physicists will soon rule Silicon Valley
  • StatGuy2000
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Undergrad How many 400KB files will fit on 1mm^2 surface of hard drive
  • Twodogs
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Undergrad How does a physicist view mental phenomenons?
  • Pleonasm
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Undergrad How to do the Dark Frame Subtraction? (camera imaging)
  • ecastro
  • · Replies 16 ·
Replies
16
Undergrad Trust me I'm a Photographer -- I have a question
  • Craig K
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
High School How is ħ pronounced and what is its significance in physics?
  • Emily111
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Undergrad Switchable glass question (from transparent to a pure white)
  • rasmusrasmusson
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
  • Poll Poll
(Physicists only): What area of physics do you specialize in
  • StatGuy2000
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
What is the Funniest Research Proposal Ever Described in Physics Today?
  • qnach
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Insights Think You Know Stephen Hawking? - Comments
  • Greg Bernhardt
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
  • CharlesWallace
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
High School Laplace Transform for Cosine Function: Can You Obtain a Transfer Function?
  • strokebow
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Which Prominent PhD Astrophysicists Have Pursued Different Fields?
  • Wastrophysicist
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
High School If you had to make a perfect vacuum, version #2
  • Andreas C
  • · Replies 52 ·
2
Replies
52
Undergrad Why Does Arranging Solar Cells in Series and Parallel Increase Power Output?
  • Clara Chung
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Graduate Multi Gaussian beams explanation
  • chiraganand
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Undergrad Is Nuclear Fusion Really the Solution to Our Energy Needs?
  • Rx7man
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
High School If we *had* to make a perfect vacuum....
  • Andreas C
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
High School Why does an attractive force always have a negative sign?
  • Shafia Zahin
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Undergrad Energy: What is it? Can Objects Be Made of It?
  • Bradfordly1
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Undergrad What is the Direct Solution of the Wave Equation?
  • Rick16
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Undergrad Understanding the Amplitude of sin2x
  • Apurv Zoad
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
High School Simple error propagation questions
  • FranzDiCoccio
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
High School Why is blood flow rate constant?
  • hongiddong
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Undergrad Mass Flow Rate Problem: Easy Unite Conversion Tricks
  • SophiaRivera007
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
Graduate Conductivity change of a tank (glass coating on steel)
  • rollingstein
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Undergrad Q: What Subscript Should I Use for Physics Quantity?
  • nomadreid
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
High School I would like to get a feedback on this video
  • elia gomez
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Undergrad Odd use of terms (“stationary stochastic process”., etc.)
  • nomadreid
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
What Do You Know About Oleg Lavrentiev?
  • Aufbauwerk 2045
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
News RIP Pioneering Astronomer Vera Rubin: 88
  • ZapperZ
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
High School What else can UV rays be used for?
  • RICKYtan
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8