Participate in expert physics discussion. Discussion on the nature and properties of matter and energy. This area is for topics that don't fit the other categories. Mainstream physics only.
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High School What Are the Best Books for Independent Physics Study?
- Darthkostis
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Undergrad Operational Amplifiers - Saturation
- PFuser1232
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How Can a New Undergrad in Physics Make Friends and Engage in Research Online?
- Giant
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Graduate How Does Changing Water Levels Affect Air Column Resonance and Harmonics?
- sjc78
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Undergrad Going from a rate to a probability
- aaaa202
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Undergrad When Do We Use Each SHM Equation?
- negation
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High School Why Does Ice Appear White?
- Sam Ku.D
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Undergrad Thermistor Problem: Finding Material and Equation
- brendanrundle
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Graduate My physics/love poem - feedback encouraged
- TheTechNoir
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Identifying an unfamiliar physics symbol
- shanepitts
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Undergrad Determining if 3 curves have the same period
- negation
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Undergrad What is the Definition of Color According to the CIE?
- bobie
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Undergrad Easier Way to Build Spice Models from Old Data Sheets
- kq6up
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High School How Does Resonance Occur?
- physics?
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High School What is the name of this expanding circle effect in physics?
- viciam
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High School What is z-field compression and how does it relate to black holes?
- outspoken
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Undergrad Have any nobel prizes been awarded to computational physicists?
- Hercuflea
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Graduate Can Analog Memory Exist? A Physics Inquiry
- Jyan
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High School What is Resonance? Simple Definition
- threy
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Undergrad Can someone be too old or too late for physics?
- pablotano
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Graduate The reason why travelling back in time is logically impossible.
- Tenunbow
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High School Cool Large Scale Physics Projects
- poonintoon
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Graduate A list of Physicist and their contributions
- TorqueDork
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Undergrad What Drives the Creation of Derived Units in Physics?
- alodia
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Undergrad Remove clothing wrinkles using ultrasonics?
- joedp
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Obtaining copy of CIE xy chromaticity diagram
- Bob65
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Undergrad Dx as change in distance vs dx as infinitesimal x?
- jaredvert
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Graduate Can Iron Exist as a Gas Without Becoming Plasma?
- CthlhuLies
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Graduate How do theoretical physicists know so much?
- Qubix
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High School Air circulation question [Image attatched]
- tliguori330
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Mars rocks covered with uniformly thick dust layer?
- seany
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Undergrad How exactly are standing waves formed?
- PFuser1232
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High School Effective Note-Taking Strategies for Physics Students
- Qubix
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Undergrad What does "measure of the same" mean in Newton's Principia?
- johann1301
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High School Why do solids compress more than liquids under pressure?
- curious bishal
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High School How does vacuum form in a barometer?
- christian0710
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Graduate How can I find the smallest positive integer number without dividing q by e?
- jenny777
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Undergrad How long until the universe can write a googolplex?
- Max7291
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Being female in physics is ridiculous.
- Dishsoap
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Undergrad Can you write measurements with relative error in brackets like (1±10%)cm?
- jenny777
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High School Converting between nano and micro prefixes in scientific notation
- onceinalifetim
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High School Number of points in mesh (Comsol 4.3b)
- VIEX12
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Graduate Are there limitations to detecting small objects using sound and light?
- nickek
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Building a boat smaller than 8×8 inches for an experiment
- nicoleguevara
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Graduate The number of laws of physics is finite or infinite?
- Eagle9
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Undergrad Why don't nearby atmosphere look blue.
- Ahsan Khan
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High School The Life and Contributions of Felix Ehrenhaft
- shawn95
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Undergrad Can soft materials scratch hard materials?
- skeleton
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High School I want to start to make a radio with one of my friends
- Hepic
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High School How much will be the gravity of the sun if i make it like a stick
- Trojan666ru
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High School Are subatomic particles matter or energy?
- No-name
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Undergrad Constructing a Dip Coater: Does Elevating Solvent Make a Difference?
- new man
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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?
- taregg
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Undergrad Is everything vibrating and will it ever stop?
- spggodd
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Undergrad Where can I find an oxygen phase diagram for 0-50 atm?
- pixelpuffin
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Undergrad How much trig should I know before taking calculus based physics?
- annoyinggirl
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News John Dobson: Pioneer of Amateur Astronomy
- George Jones
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Recharging a dead battery on the moon with only copper wire
- shounakbhatta
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What makes you different in one location than another if you're the same person?
- fredreload
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High School Role of transistors as switches in burglar alarm circuits
- phymathlover
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Undergrad How would a gas cloud evolve without each fundamental force?
- tolove
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High School What is the difference between D and AA batteries?
- kjamha
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High School Does robotics follow the laws of physics?
- drumjonny
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Where to buy bifilar wound flat spiral and cylindrical coils
- Vikas_Madhu
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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?
- Blackthorn
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High School What does the formula f = 1/T mean?
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Undergrad Why Are Both KE and PE Maximal at Equilibrium in a String Wave?
- Saw
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Graduate Can Bell's Theorem Be Applied to the Question of Free Will?
- bhagwad
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What does this diagram show?
- doc1737
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Graduate What Happens to Time Zones When Flying at Earth's Rotation Speed?
- elegysix
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High School What is the difference between a compound and a molecule?
- kjamha
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Undergrad Can wireless energy transfer deliver significant power?
- Kenny Bala
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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
- Alexander83
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Graduate Volume and Area in physical equations
- ShayanJ
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Undergrad Density of Air in the Mesosphere?
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High School When do you multiply a quantity by time versus divide by time?
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Undergrad What kind of physicist is Nassim Haramein?
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Bright light in Orion turned out to be a firework
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Free physics ebooks from freescience.info
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How Would You Address a Letter in the Multiverse Mail Delivery System?
- Layman Fizix
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High School Simple vector arithmetic question
- The_Engineer
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Undergrad Can Quartz Crystals Really Store Unlimited Data for an Unlimited Time?
- Kalrag
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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?
- jaydnul
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High School Wha is difference between laminar flow and streamlined flow.
- abhijithmatt
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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 How do I build a cathode ray tube from scratch?
- Amsingh123
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Undergrad What is the Physics behind Global Warming?
- 11thHeaven
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Graduate Why Was the 2013 Nobel Prize Delayed for the Higgs Mechanism?
- ShayanJ
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Graduate Is Farewell to Reality a Valid Critique of Modern Physics?
- RUTA
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Undergrad Why is amplitude 2A sin(kx) in stationary waves, not 2A cos(ωt)?
- arvindsharma
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Can You Manage a Pet During Physics Grad School?
- pinkfishegg
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High School How to Convert J/K and kgJs/m into m/s?
- Rajini
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