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Application of Conformal Mapping in Physics
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A Anamolous Aerodynamic behaviour of small spheres?
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I How to write measured value with error
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B How does calculus relate to dimensions?
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I Could tide-powered buoyancy be a viable source of energy?
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B Would it be possible to make something float?
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I Having a hard time remembering what this equation is
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I Check invariance under time-reversal?
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B Forces between two immovable objects
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I How Does Helmholtz Free Energy Change During Constant Temperature and Volume?
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B Understanding Rates of Decay in Simple Terms
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A Why Do UV Photoabsorption Cross Sections Show a Kink at 10-100 Angstrom?
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B Knowing if the elevator is moving or not
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I Calculate Pressure Needed to Move Grease
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I What is the difference between Mach cone and shock wave in aerodynamics?
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B Physics Behind Weebles: Can You Build One?
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B Trying to get a basic understanding of the 4 key forces?
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B I understand time a little better
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I Probability & Time: Is There a Connection?
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A Calculating Vibration Modes of a Cylinder (Drum Shell)?
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B Rates of Change and Multiple Dimensions
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I Unclear on interpretation of equation - oscillation maybe?
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I Incoherent Waves: Interference Possible?
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B Biggest Bosenova: Milligram Range Feasible?
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A Zeros of the partition function (Yang-Lee and Fisher zeros)
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B Do bodies lose mass due to gravity?
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B Is There an Echo of Electromagnetic Wavelengths in Sci-Fi?
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B A Question about Energy conversion....
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I Force That Binds Atoms: H2, Electromagnetic Force?
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B What is the reason for the attraction force of a bubble?
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B Are the Laws of Physics consistant and universal?
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I Combination sink/source in one object
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B Calculate relative amounts of energy?
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I Confusion between adiabatic and energy
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I What Are Fascinating Examples of Emergence for a School Project?
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I Error in the average of same-value measures
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I A question about a Feynman Diagram
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B F=ma -- True or an Illusion....
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I Rope ladder -- How to be able to cast it long distances?
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Insights All about Earth's Gravity - Comments
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B Can energy change physical laws?
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I In PET scanners, why is a cyclotron used to make positrons?
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B How do you calculate how much force is applied to a thrown bal
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I Discovering the Science Behind Sucking Up Spaghetti | Ray Vickson
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I Can You Really Build a Cyclotron for $17?
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I Hamiltonian of a Physical Theory: Lagrangian vs Transformation
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I Typographical question: the section sign
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I Finding Real and Imaginary Parts of the complex wave number
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I Why is the 'TS term' included in the expression for Gibbs free energy?
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I What causes disturbance on my phone camera?
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A Why Can't a Lower Energy Photon Remain After Pair Production?
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I Is Energy Partially Spent on State Change Below 100°C?
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I Is There an Absolute Maximum Density for Substances?
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A AC transport data query (using a PPMS system)
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I How can an object tip and slip at the same time?
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I Is it possible for airplane radars to scan minefields?
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I Experimentally measure gravitational force
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B Postulates and pseudoscientific hypothesis difference?
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B Are the Sun's rays reaching us always parallel?
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I Why there's No Unified Theory ?
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B Rutherford's Gold Foil Alpha Particle Interactions
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I How 'big' is the present moment in terms of time?
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I Overview of General Fresnel Equations + Complex IORs
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I Where is a contact force labeled on a diagram of a pivoted beam?
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I Centre of Gravity: How Can This Be Possible?
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B Discovering the Correct Rocket Mass Ratio for Beginners
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I Negative Kelvin? How Is It Possible?
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B Objects get smaller as they become more distant
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I What is the formal definition of a Universality Class?
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B Propagation of information/energy at different frequencies
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I CMB and the reference point for vacuum energy
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I Density Siphoning? Solve Problem Now
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B What is the ΔEp = ΔEk + W equation used for in thermodynamics?
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I Experimental Demonstration of the Raman - Nath Effect
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I What's the restoring force, if there's a mass on a string.
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B How should I express this angle in words?
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I Designing a Car with Multiple Boxes: Free Body Diagrams
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B Normal Force on Extended Block: Physics Explained
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B Bose–Einstein condensate and Hadron Collider
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I Does anyone know about furnaces?
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B Is there any macroscopic example for the "mass excess"?
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I Does Pressure Multiplied by Volume and Volumetric Flow Rate Equal Force?
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I Can Infinitesimal Volumes Be Arbitrary Shapes?
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A Does an interface necessarily satisfy the KPZ Equation?
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B What would happen if you take a piece of a pulsar
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I Formulas describing fluid viscosity/compress-ability
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B Two waves moving at right angles go in circles?
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B Why Does Poisson's Ratio Show Equal Transverse Strain in 3D Rectangles?
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I What Are Higher Rank Tensors and When Should You Use Matrices in Physics?
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B Feynman problem about a cylinder in a corner
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B Centrifugal Force in Angular SHM: Explained
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I Interpretation of complex wave number
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B Why is a black surface a better emitter of IR than a silvered surface?
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I What Are the Best Resources to Understand Resonant Tunneling Diodes?
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I Fluid flow through a pipe constriction - what would you feel
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B Node at a closed end and an antinode at a open end of a tube
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I Opening a Jar: Physics Behind Jar Lid's Resistance to Opening
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B How Did Eratosthenes Measure the Angle of the Stick?
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I Ion Conductors: Comparing Resistance to Copper at Room Temperature
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B A couple of questions about diodes and the depletion region
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