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Graduate Question: physics research budget
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High School Squared numbers and square root (Need help with explaination)
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Graduate Vibrations of a circular membrane with free ends
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Who is Your Favorite Physicist and Why? A Discussion on Scientific Role Models
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High School Solving Potential Voltage Issues with RS 256-225 Flow Meter
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Undergrad What's the difference between principle, law, rule, theorem and equation?
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High School Does anyone knows the proof for E=V/m?
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Graduate What Makes Orodruin's Physics Journey Unique?
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Undergrad What Determines the Note of a Guitar String When Plucked?
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Graduate Feeling like I forget everything I learn
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Graduate The Illusion of Free Will: Is Determinism Really the Same Thing?
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Can Humor Help in Teaching Physics?
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"Repräsentation der Imaginären der Plangeometrie" by Sophus Lie
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Undergrad How do we measure the units in physics?
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Undergrad Best open course lectures on first year physics?
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High School Cause of Feather Movement in 2:56 of Documentary: Explored
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High School AC Regulator Danger: Is There Risk?
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Undergrad Measurement points for fan performance curve
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Graduate From where can I read important/interesting scientific papers about physics?
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Does anybody know the name of this optics device?
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Undergrad Why can't matter go through other matter?
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Graduate Strange snobby comments from professor
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Graduate Research -- "Ziemlich Frech : Einstein versus Nernst"
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High School Won't take long to answer: what exactly is a mode?
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Undergrad Is it possible to approximate the thickness from this data?
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Undergrad Unit Analysis: Exponential & Logarithmic Formulas
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High School What is the purpose of r hat in physics?
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Undergrad How Can We Best Understand a System?
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High School Does aluminum foil keep things cool?
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Undergrad Diffusion Rate and Concentration
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Undergrad Is there a way to calculate consonance/dissonance?
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Graduate Explaining Ionic Bombardment for Power Transformers
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Undergrad Should I Use Total or Partial Differentiation in Absolute Error Calculation?
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Undergrad Create a Perfect Signal with Sine Wave Summation
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High School What is the physical unit for teleport?
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High School Is there a definitive measurement in the universe?
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High School Is it possible to take a picture of the radio-waves on earth?
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Graduate Thesis Submission to Scientific Journal
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High School How Does a Vernier Caliper Determine Precise Measurements?
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Undergrad Understanding RMS Values: Intuition Behind Calculations
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Undergrad Relative humidity and the science behind cigar storage
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News Can Magnets Disarm ISIS Fighters?
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Graduate Finding the Best Spin-Coating Thickness Model
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Undergrad Rounding uncertainties and measurements
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Undergrad Vasoconstriction (constricting blood vessel) and flow rate?
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Undergrad What Causes a Particle on a String to Return to the Origin in Wave Motion?
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News Nobel-Winning Physicist Martin Perl Passes Away at 87
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Study Physics: Benefits & Job Opportunities for Young Mscs
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Undergrad Why are standing waves on a guitar string sinusoidal?
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High School LED/IR Pair for Leaky Faucet Experiment
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Undergrad Can a Video Game Teach You Electrostatics Through Gameplay?
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What Pop Science Books Should I Read Next?
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Undergrad Can Self-Taught Physics Knowledge Truly Enhance Your Life?
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News How Slippery Is a Banana Peel?
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Graduate Why Do Heavier Particles Float in a Colloidal System?
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Graduate Why the gulf between lay people and physicists?
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High School Simplification assumptions in physics problems
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Undergrad Can I Calculate the Fourier Transform of an Image by Hand?
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Graduate Where Can I Safely Publish a Groundbreaking Physics Theorem?
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Graduate How to avoid stealing of my idea before publishing it?
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High School Question regarding Sun's Rays
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Undergrad Finding a Precise Scale for Measuring Human Body Weight Fluctuations
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Undergrad Can't explain an observation with material properties
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Are Lecher Wires Still Used in Electronics Courses?
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Undergrad Errors in Measurement [of time]
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High School Crude Oil Properties: Density, Viscosity, Heat Capacity, Wall Temp
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Undergrad Combine Equations to Find Relationship Between D, F, and L
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Graduate Resonance - from Feynman lectures
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Undergrad What Simulation Software Covers the Broadest Range of Physics Topics?
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Graduate What happens between our perception intervals?
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Undergrad Fluence Explained: What is it & How Does it Work?
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MHB Is Wave Phenomena Related to PDE or Just Physics?
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Undergrad Why do dolphins create air rings and how do they defy buoyancy?
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Can some one tell me what it is ?
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Welcome Daniel! Quantum Mechanics & English Forum
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Graduate Modern Einstein has an idea but needs your help
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High School What is the difference between a law and a theory?
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High School What is an intuitive definition of Hertz?
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Phys graduates, do people assume you know more than you actually do?
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Undergrad Relation between energy of traveling wave with displacement curve
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Can I do this? I am 5'2", 120 lbs.
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Graduate Can Noble Gases Be Manipulated to Produce Specific Emission Spectrum Lines?
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Undergrad How Can NO2 Be Separated from Car Exhaust for Nitric Acid Production?
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Undergrad There is little molecule bond between gas molecules, then why we have
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Undergrad Quality/timbre of identical guitars
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Graduate Using graphite as a catalyst to break down Ozone
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High School Significant Figures in long physics calculations?
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Graduate What materials would produce an impedance mismatch?
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Undergrad Structural Differences Between Red, Blue and Green Xenon Lamps
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Found this on 9gag and would like to know the answer
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High School Waves that can pass through the body
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Undergrad Longer conduit Impedes flow? What?
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Undergrad Does plucking one point on the string really can cause standing wave?
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Graduate Can someone explain what Michio Kaku is talking about in this video?
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Graduate Capillary action with respect to "wicking beds"
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MHB Think about it - Airplane on a treadmill
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Undergrad Calculating Waves on a String: Answer Justification and Confusion Dispelled"
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High School Good physics research project for high schooler?
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Undergrad Audio for Wikipedia math articles
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Undergrad Will I float about 100 km above earth surface?
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