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Can Puddle Derail a Train? Physics Experts Needed
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Will a Wire Hanger Bowl Hold Water?
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Geting the mass of a karate punch.
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Please explain why the freezer is the top compartment in a fridge
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Is the Acceleration of a Rising Bubble in a Tube Simply Gravitational?
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What is the null point for calibrating an instrument in deep space?
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Handling Penetration in Physics Demo with Cubes
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Understanding Intrinsic Sensor Error
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What Happens to Voltage at Absolute Zero?
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The Four Fundamental Force Equations
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I need your help to prove this wrong.
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What Is the Physics Behind White Light and Color Mixing?
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Calculate Earth's Age: Physics Method w/ College AP Physics
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How do Pascals Principle and Hydraulic Presses affect fluid pressure?
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Are white clothes better than black clothes in summer?
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Determining half-life of a radioactive sample
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Convert PSI to Pascals & Compare to Atmospheres
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A book weighing 5 N rests on top of a table?
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More than two terminals on cell phone battery
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Intermolecular-forces and droplet coalescence
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Kick-Off Demo - Grade 11 Physics
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Determining Resonance of Rods for a Given Frequency
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Help end an argument in regards to perfect release mechanisms
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Real vs Ideal Gas: Pressure & Temperature Effects
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Why Does a Battery's EMF Seem Constant Over Time?
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Can we understand the laws of physics without infinitesimals and infinities?
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Laser-Ionosphere Interaction: A Possibility?
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Having problem in crossproduct, dotproduct.
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Black Body / Emission difference ?
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Why Does the Doppler Effect Differ for Moving Source and Detector?
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What Does Isotropy Mean in a Two-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator?
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How Can You Legally Obtain Free Electricity?
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Keep Cool in Summer: AC + 3 Portable Fans
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What Is the Scientific Definition of Matter?
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How to Calculate Magnetic Field Strength of Helmholtz Coils?
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Understanding the Mathematics Behind Height-Height Correlation Function
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Some statics confusion - Vectors & Polygon of forces
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Mathematics Behind Grand Piano String Selections
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Suspension Bridges: What is the Shape Called?
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Can Humming in a Bathroom Stall Cause Resonance?
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Can a Man Jump in a Moving Train and Land on the Same Spot?
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What Determines the Dependence of Dipole-Dipole Interactions on Distance?
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Photon Particle Wave or Straight?
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Finding Tennis Racquet String Tension
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How Does Light Behave According to Newton's Third Law?
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Spherical co-ord notation
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Tracking or tagging a single atom in a gas
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Atomic Sizes Chart: All Elements in Periodic Table
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What Happens When You Bend a Plastic Cup?
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What is the true nature of time and its relationship to space?
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Levitation Device: Is it Real or Fake?
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Simple Solar Project: DIY Reflector & Lens Under $10
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Papers and researches about atom
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What Does 'Per MeV' Mean in Muon Energy Loss Calculations?
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Question: Physics Query About Sealed Jar & Liquid
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Good free program for creating scientific documents?
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Does there exist a state of zero total energy?
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Light Waves: Mixing & Properties Explained
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Experiment with Interesting Light Wave Properties
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Terms nodes ,loop and branches which applied to the circuits
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How Can Gravity Create a Dent in Space-Time Without Preexisting Gravity?
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Is the perpetual rotation in this physical system a paradox or a miscalculation?
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Egg Protector for Bottle Rocket: Non-Metal Solutions
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What is Polarization? - Electric Field & EM Wave
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Can We Truly See the Structures of Compounds in Chemistry and Physics?
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How Does Refractive Index Measurement Help in Determining Sugar Concentration?
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How can you tell the difference between a raw and boiled egg?
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What Are Radius Vectors and Their Relationship with Velocity V?
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Formation of 'Leaf Lines' in Pools: Causes & Solutions
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UW 1st Year Course Notes and Problem Assingments + Solutions
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Converting Velocity to Acceleration: 45,000cm/s to m/s^2
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Are intermolecular and van der waals forces the same?
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Why Do We Need Wave Packets in Water Waves?
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Impossible Flight: One Wing Aircraft Soars Despite Odds
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Can Energy Exist Without Mass?
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How Does Light Absorption Affect the Color of Substances?
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Accepted value of G with longitude
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Are Einstein's Relativity and String Theory's Gravity Compatible?
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How Are Gravitational Waves Produced?
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Measuring Accuracy: Quantitative or Qualitative?
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Why does everything achieves to reach equilibrium?
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Can we harness the power of atoms for energy through fission or fusion?
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Why Was Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment Not Conducted in a Vacuum?
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Maths And Physics Tutorials for High School and Undergrad.
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What Are the Unsolved Problems in Physics?
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Why Do Failed Breaks Hurt More Than Successful Ones?
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Negative Permeability Metamaterials: Explaining Stop Band Mechanism
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When you touch something there isn't really any physical contact
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Making a Long Distance Tin Can Telephone
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Angular Range of Motion for 2 Limit Sensors in 83° Arc
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