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Undergrad Operational Amplifiers - Saturation
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How Can a New Undergrad in Physics Make Friends and Engage in Research Online?
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Graduate How Does Changing Water Levels Affect Air Column Resonance and Harmonics?
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Undergrad Going from a rate to a probability
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Undergrad When Do We Use Each SHM Equation?
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High School Why Does Ice Appear White?
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Undergrad Thermistor Problem: Finding Material and Equation
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Graduate My physics/love poem - feedback encouraged
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Does anyone know what this symbol designates?
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Undergrad Determining if 3 curves have the same period
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Undergrad What is the Definition of Color According to the CIE?
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Undergrad Easier Way to Build Spice Models from Old Data Sheets
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High School How Does Resonance Occur?
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High School What is the name of this expanding circle effect in physics?
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High School Understanding Z-Field Compression: A Beginner's Guide
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Undergrad Have any nobel prizes been awarded to computational physicists?
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Graduate Can Analog Memory Exist? A Physics Inquiry
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High School What is Resonance? Simple Definition
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Undergrad Can someone be too old or too late for physics?
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Graduate The reason why travelling back in time is logically impossible.
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High School Cool Large Scale Physics Projects
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Graduate A list of Physicist and their contributions
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Undergrad What Drives the Creation of Derived Units in Physics?
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Undergrad Remove clothing wrinkles using ultrasonics?
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Obtaining copy of CIE xy chromaticity diagram
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Undergrad Dx as change in distance vs dx as infinitesimal x?
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Graduate Can Iron Exist as a Gas Without Becoming Plasma?
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How ugly is your physics department?
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Graduate How do theoretical physicists know so much?
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High School Air circulation question [Image attatched]
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Mars rocks covered with uniformly thick dust layer?
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Undergrad How exactly are standing waves formed?
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High School Effective Note-Taking Strategies for Physics Students
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Undergrad Understanding Newton's Principia: "Measure of the Same
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High School Why do solids compress more than liquids under pressure?
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High School How does vacuum form in a barometer?
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Graduate How can I find the smallest positive integer number without dividing q by e?
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Undergrad How long until the universe can write a googolplex?
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Being female in physics is ridiculous.
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Undergrad Calculating Relative Error of Measurement: (1±0.1)cm or (1±10%)cm?
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High School Confused about Math Conversion: Nano and Micro
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High School Number of points in mesh (Comsol 4.3b)
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Graduate Are there limitations to detecting small objects using sound and light?
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Building a Small Boat: Tips & Advice
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Graduate The number of laws of physics is finite or infinite?
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Undergrad Why don't nearby atmosphere look blue.
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High School The Life and Contributions of Felix Ehrenhaft
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Undergrad Can soft materials scratch hard materials?
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High School I want to start to make a radio with one of my friends
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High School How much will be the gravity of the sun if i make it like a stick
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High School Energy is Matter is Energy? - confused layman here
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Undergrad Constructing a Dip Coater: Does Elevating Solvent Make a Difference?
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Graduate Impact of Helium 3 from Extraterrestrial Sources
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Undergrad What Is Energy at a Microscopic Level?
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Undergrad If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.
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How many hertz can kill flying house insects?
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Undergrad Is everything vibrating and will it ever stop?
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Undergrad Oxygen Phase Diagram: Pressure & Liquefy 0-50 atm
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Undergrad How much trig should I know before taking calculus based physics?
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News John Dobson: Pioneer of Amateur Astronomy
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Recharging on the Moon: How to Revive a Dead Battery with Only a Copper Wire
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What is different about you in one place than you from another place?
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High School Explaining the Role of Transistors in Burglar Alarms
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Undergrad Help with the fundamental forces.
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High School What is the difference between D and AA batteries?
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High School Does robotics follow the laws of physics?
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Get Bifilar Wound Coils for Your Project: 2 of Each Type
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Undergrad Impact Factors/Peer Review in Physics Journals
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Graduate Can Skin Vibrations Be Detected with Lasers or Thermal Imaging?
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High School What is the relationship between frequency and period?
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Undergrad Why Are Both KE and PE Maximal at Equilibrium in a String Wave?
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Graduate Can Bell's Theorem Be Applied to the Question of Free Will?
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Is this diagram just an elaborate time line or is there more to it?
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Graduate What Happens to Time Zones When Flying at Earth's Rotation Speed?
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High School What is the difference between a compound and a molecule?
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Undergrad Wireless Energy Transfer: Just Science Fiction?
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Graduate An interesting take on (the lack of) time travel ;)
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Undergrad Standing vs. Travelling waves in a string fixed at both ends
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Graduate Volume and Area in physical equations
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Undergrad Density of Air in the Mesosphere?
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High School Difference between sthg*time & sthg/time
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Undergrad What kind of physicist is Nassim Haramein?
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Did I Witness a Supernova Tonight?
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Free Physics ebooks - Math & Science Learning Materials
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How Would You Address a Letter in the Multiverse Mail Delivery System?
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High School Simple vector arithmetic question
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Undergrad Can Quartz Crystals Really Store Unlimited Data for an Unlimited Time?
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Undergrad So what exactly has changed in physics in the last 20 years?
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Undergrad Can Solar Panels Orbiting the Sun Beam Energy to Earth via Lasers?
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High School Wha is difference between laminar flow and streamlined flow.
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High School How does E=MC^2 convert to Joules?
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Online
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Undergrad Build a CRT: DIY Instructions & Guide
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Undergrad What is the Physics behind Global Warming?
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Graduate Why Was the 2013 Nobel Prize Delayed for the Higgs Mechanism?
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Graduate Is Farewell to Reality a Valid Critique of Modern Physics?
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Undergrad Stationary Waves: Explaining Amplitude of Wave
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Can You Manage a Pet During Physics Grad School?
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High School How to Convert J/K and kgJs/m into m/s?
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Undergrad Moon Landing: How Much Thrust Did the Lem Need to Achieve Orbit?
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