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Undergrad Making a flexible cylinder with 0.01mm holes that won't squeeze shut

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Is the SAANI Software Available for Public Download?

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Graduate Experimental determination of Mean free path.

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Graduate Spectroscopic linelist question

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Graduate Resistance governed by the speed of the electron?

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Why Does Energy Exist in Our Universe?

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Undergrad What gases can be absorbed between 800 and 1000nm wavelength?

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Undergrad How does resonance work in driven oscillations?

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Undergrad How far does a seismic wave travel from a hammer strike given rock density and force?

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Undergrad How to convert Gallons Per Hour to PSI?

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Undergrad What is the difference between curly and derivative (d) sign

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High School Could a thing contain more than its volume can w/o overflowing?

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Undergrad Build a Vacuum Kiln from Shipping Container

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Undergrad Does reducing stem diameter from 30mm to 15mm affect the seal point?

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Graduate Why is the general form of the wave equation a second order partial derivative?

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Undergrad What mathematical factors influence the shapes produced in cymatics experiments?

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Undergrad Finding Harmonic Vibration from Frequency

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Undergrad Measuring density with ultrasonics

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Is that Einstein quote about matter and energy real?

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Undergrad Gases I could expect to see using an IR receiver

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Graduate Oxidization of III-V Materials

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High School Smoke smell in a flat below mine.

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Graduate Diffusion distance (microfluidics)

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High School Why can't we see N2 and H2 in color?

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High School Why is wave energy proportional to amplitude squared?

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Undergrad What is the Equation for Determining the Resonant Frequency of a Drum Shell?

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High School Can Waves Inhibit Sound and Heat Effectively?

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Graduate Feeling Burnt Out? Physics Degree Struggles and Advice

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Graduate Is an asthma inhaler (MDI) an example of vaporization?

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High School What is the difference between vectors and scalars?

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High School Are matter and energy interchangeable?

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High School How do i become a physicist or an astrophyscist

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High School Why is math crucial for understanding and achieving advancements in physics?

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Graduate What are the potential interactions between waves and matter?

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Graduate Understanding Kinematic Viscosity Units

  • richard9678
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Undergrad Is there one measurement system for everything from atoms to galaxies?

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High School Does standing tiptoes reduce the absortion of virabtions?

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Undergrad Square wave and sine wave -- How standing waves are formed?

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Undergrad Improving experimental write-ups and data analysis skills

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High School Why is blowing stronger than sucking?

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What is your reason for studying physics?

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Graduate How to present a new scientific idea

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Graduate Sonoluminescence-- why is this phenomenon so mysterious?

  • Ben Johnson
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Looking for online physics games and simulations

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Have you ever seen gold orbs floating indoors?

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Undergrad Can Standing Waves Have Both Transverse and Longitudinal Components?

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Undergrad Why is Avogadro's number exactly 6.022×10²³?

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Undergrad Nodes in a standing wave and energy transmittance

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Graduate How would you explain what compressed sensing is

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Undergrad Force of a full body jerk (myoclonic jerk)

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High School Why is Young's modulous in Pascals?

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High School Problems/solutions manual/pdf/website waves and vibrations

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Undergrad Exactly what is there to understand in physics? Its memory?

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Undergrad At what point can one be considered a physicist?

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How do forum members become knowledgeable in physics?

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High School Physics noob, can someone explain this?

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Graduate Looking for waves to detect a specific material exclusively

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Graduate Can I learn quantum mechanics, astrophysics, and classical physics?

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High School Good Science Project for a 5-year-old

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High School Why are atoms alive in organisms but not in non-living objects?

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Graduate How to find all available solutions to a physics problem

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High School 8th Grade Science Project Ideas

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Undergrad Why are there no pneumatic cylinders for CO2 PSI?

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High School Why is the rail gun an interesting weapon?

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Undergrad How to draw the tangent line for a droplet contact angle

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Undergrad How can I improve my skills in finding general solutions in physics?

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High School What Is the Fermi Paradox and Why Does It Matter for Extraterrestrial Life?

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Undergrad Preventing Capillary Action in Hot Chamber Wire Feed-throughs

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Graduate Did Ettore Majorana Choose to Disappear?

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High School Does crumpling foil increase its surface area?

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Graduate How is Knowledge in Physics Produced?

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Undergrad Can Resonance Occur at Multiple Frequencies in String Instruments?

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Graduate Physics investigation guidance: Vibration of circular plate

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Look at one point - can you make the train change directions?

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Undergrad Effects of Intermolecular Forces?

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What is a one way plug key?

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High School Did Feynman's discoveries have a practical impact on technology?

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Undergrad Is Wireless Energy Transmission Efficient and Practical?

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High School Physics Olympiad Preparation:-How to begin?

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Graduate Business masters' with a ridiculously stupid question

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Graduate Wave second order derivative equation

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Are the non-physicist physics lovers here content?

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HRK Physics 4th edition Ext. Solutios

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High School How should we format units in scientific writing?

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High School Why do most formulas in physics have integer exponents?

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Why is the answer to this question "No change"

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Graduate What Are the Most Inspiring TED Talks on Physics and the Universe?

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High School Mean colour of visible spectrum?

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Graduate Sociology of Physics: comment and indices

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Science of Interstellar: Is it Worth Reading?

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Graduate In Search of Causal Relationships

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High School Thought experiment; what happens if you alternate an image

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Graduate Errors of the slope and intercept of a regression line

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Undergrad About Energy in Applications, me.

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Undergrad Is physics being recorded in any really hard-to-destroy way?

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High School Best physics video channel for Olympiad students?

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Graduate Can I Use Aluminum for DIY Diffusion Pumps?

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Graduate How Do You Connect Multiple Diffusion Pumps for UHV Systems?

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High School Is Matter and Energy Creation a Contradiction?

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