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B Understanding the Horizontal Component of Normal Force in Banked Curves
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I Is it possible to build a phase shifter from RLC components?
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B Are UV Films for Windows Really Effective in Blocking UV Rays?
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B Discover the Fascinating Relationship Between Moon Gravity and Vacuum in Space
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I Is it possible to image individual air molecules?
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I How much force is needed to shatter safety glass?
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B Is it possible to create macroscopic Casimir effect?
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B Calculated G force and don't know what to do now (punch force)
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B Likely replacement of semiconductors
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B The Potential of Neutronium: Creating a Man-Made Neutron Star on Earth
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B Which makes a bulb glows brighter?
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B What Could Explain the Mysterious Red Pulsing Light in the Sky?
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B Is Gravity Absent at the Earth's Core?
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A Free damped vibration of a system of 2 dof, demostration
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I Engineering Design Units & Concepts: Chart & Examples
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B Experimental data of bremsstrahlung
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I Is Kirchoff's Theorem Misunderstood in Relation to Power Absorption?
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I Measuring vacuum w/ hot filament - calculation (pirani gauge)
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I Fun question: Can this fish swim?
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B Meaning of physical quantities and division
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I Bicycle Forks: The Role of Curvature in Stability and Steering
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B Is Time Perception Similar to Browsing the Web?
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I I need some *Rust* is iron oxide rust?
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B What Does the d Represent in Differential Quantities?
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I Capillary Action: Overcoming Capillary Force with Ions
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I Focus of Earth's elliptical orbit
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I Can the Planck equation be derived by considering phonons?
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I GPS Data Availability - Positions, Clock Readings etc.
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I Why do we need projection of vectors
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I Coordinate independent version of "gradient"?
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I Fire & Combustion: Questions Answered
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I Regarding the wavevector spread.
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I Fermat's principle of least time
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B Mach's Principle: Understanding the Universe's Rotation Around Us
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B Where can i find a legend of all of the symbols used in phys
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B Doppler effect/ both moving same direction
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I Forces Between 2 large conductors
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I Why Do Opposite Charges Attract?
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A Hungarian Physics Lab Uncovers Possible 5th Force of Nature
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I Definition of Field: A Necessary & Sufficient Explanation
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B Why is the reaction force different when passing through different materials?
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B Do I weigh 50 kg or 50 * 9.8 kg?
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I Is there a boiling analog to sublimation?
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B Why should the four forces be equal in strength?
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I Blu-Ray Disc: Shorter Wavelength, Bigger Storage?
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B Why do we use infinity in Physics?
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I Parallelogram law of vector addition
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B How were the first atoms created?
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I Can Wireless Communication Be Achieved Without EMF?
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B Guidance on Physics Extended Project Qualification
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I Dispersion Relations: Most Famous DR & Contexts Explained
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I Measuring Buoyancy: How to Calculate Upward Force
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B The Addition of Two Vectors: A Visual Guide
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B Action Reaction force on the earth
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I Doubts on wavefunction conditions
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I Something about Archimedes' Principle
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I Is Force Truly a Scalar in Rope Friction Problems?
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B Which thread breaks first when subjected to different forces?
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I Understanding the Notation: Deciphering the Equation in the Image
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I Fascinating use of physics to prove a math theorem
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I Reconciling the Coriolis Force Contradiction on a Spinning Disk
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How do we measure gibbs free energy for irreversible processes?
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I Wind Force on Curved Surfaces: Investigating the Drag on an Upright Cylinder
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I Ladder slipping against a smooth wall
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I How Do Voltage and Time Influence Lichtenberg Figures in Acrylic?
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Where can you buy a cheap liquid nitrogen dewar?
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I Is Anything Truly at Rest in Every Frame of Reference?
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I How to calculate force on stationary wall?
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I How Hot Does a Human Body Burn?
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I Explaining Doppler Effect Asymmetry
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I Glycol Fog Machine: Is Pipe Pipe Reconstitution Possible?
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How a net force acts on 'Earth'?
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The role of reaction to the gravitational force on a body
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I Finding Magnetic Field from Electric Field: A Classical Physics Problem
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I Does ice really melts if in conctact with reservoir at 0°C?
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A Continuity equation in Lagrangian coordinates
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Why and How of the schuster's method.
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B If there is explosion with absence of oxygen?
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I Static Problem for Upright Vessel
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I If you were to perform a linear regression of log10(B) vs log10(x)....
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B Understanding the Mystery of Sunlight Bending During a Solar Eclipse
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A Big debate: following process is reversible or not
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B Black vs Shiny Metal for a Storage Container Outdoors
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B Visual proof of being at altitude?
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B A 100 metre potato drop will it be unharmed (check)
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A Uncertainties in Poisson processes
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I Field strength variation of different types of fields
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I Reconsidering Matter/Anti-Matter Annihilation
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B Is CP Symmetry Violation the Key to Explaining Matter-Antimatter Imbalance?
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Forces acting on body placed in meniscus
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A Negative Absolute Temperature: Defying Gravity?
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A Contact Angle of Immiscible Liquids in a Tube
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I Interpreting the Permittivity of Metals
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I Yuri Milner Breakthrough Starshot - Nano Craft hitting Earth
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I How Do Waves Influence the Movement of the Northern Lights?
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B How many points can be found in the surface of the Earth?
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B What Determines Induced Voltage in a Transformer?
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B Why Is My Chair Moving on Its Own?
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I What Causes the Horizontal Force in a Hanging Ball Scenario?
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