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I Surface Absorptance Without Radiant Emittance
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B Trying to understand some basics about Gravity
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B What if a needle hits Jupiter at nearly speed of light?
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B Can a wire be called a resistor?
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I How to do resistance (spot) welds by using arc/TIG welder?
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I Vacuum force factors (vacuum created by a "flow through" liquid)
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B Investigating the Impact of Chips on Packaging Pressure Differential
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B Need help designing a clock with a repeating signal
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B Disk with holes falling on water
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I Why NAND & NOR Gates are Necessary for LATCH Circuits
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Gravitational binding energy of the sun?
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I Analysis of data from previous experiments
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A Why does the free end refraction occur after Brewster's angle in TM?
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I The Possibility of Faster-Than-Light Communication?
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B Plasma recovery at wakefield accelerators
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Please mention all physics animation videos that you know
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I MP2 vs. HF Method Explanation for Beginners
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B What Color Do Mirrors on Earth Appear from Space?
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B Photon Emission: Classical vs Nuclear Fusion
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I Why Do I Get Electrically Shocked by Metal Objects?
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B Idle Photons (motionless relative to the Earth's surface?)
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B A muon enters a lithium battery....
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B How do I calculate the apogee of a rocket before launch?
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I Focussing on the Treadmill of Veritasium's Blackbird faster than wind
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B Thinking about a calendar epoch based on the field of physics
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I Are there inherent limits to Interferometer size?
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A Does the theory of information have anything to offer for physics?
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I The logical impossibility of proving that indeterminism is true?
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I What is the smallest possible state change in the Universe?
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B How Does Entropy Relate to the Arrow of Time in the Early Universe?
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I Separation of Plasma into positive nucleus and negative electrons
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B Concussion question regarding PSI for football helmets
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I Magnus Effect experiment problem
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B Why does increasing the height of a water tower increase water pressure?
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B Electrons & Photons: Are They Tiny Gaseous Planets?
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I Mathematics for dancing laser beam
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I Understanding Conventions in Engineering: The Role of Rules and Consistency
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I Why does metal moving though a magnetic field slow down?
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B Destructive Interference in the sound of multiple firecrackers set off at once?
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I Is "nondimensionalization" a misnomer?
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I F= - mg - kv ? (forces of gravity and friction on a mass)
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B How do alpha particles interact with electrons in gold foil experiments?
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A Underwater acoustic unit conversion
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Subjectively deterministic-looking features of scatter plots
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I Why Doesn't the McLaren Oil in Water Engine Work?
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I Why are the spectral lines weak in my hydrogen Geissler tube?
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I Magnus effect, what is the correct formula?
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I What type of problems do you like the most?
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B How can a superconductor be used to detect monopoles?
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I Does Memorizing 70,000 Digits Increase the Chance of Being a Bolzmann Brain?
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B The Many TOE's Theory: Examining the Possibilities
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B Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and determinism
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B No vacuum anywhere vs the measurement of "c"
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I Could the universe really be conscious?
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B Pressure through a curved hose - expected results?
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I Chaos theory has no fine edge -- does it fluctuate?
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B Occam's razor in science: all-time practice or modern fashion?
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B Understanding Newton Force: Real World Examples
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I Regarding when to consider both laminar and turbulent flow
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A Question about kinetic theory and hydrodynamics (in plasmas)
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B Question about Stereo Sound while listening to a Song by the Beatles
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I Pulling cable through underground ductwork.
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I AI Discovers Alternate Physics - What Do You Think?
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I Are Lab Experiments with Strong Magnetic Fields and Plasma Expensive?
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B What is the underlying phenomenon of waves?
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B What Is the Information That Cannot Escape a Black Hole?
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I What is the function of the air cavity inside drums?
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What is susceptibility in physics?
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What are Reaction Forces and how do they relate to Newton's third law of motion?
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Calculating forces at pivots point in 4 bar linkages
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Clarifying Electrodynamics: Relativity and the Faraday Tensor
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Radiometric and Photometric units
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How do escape peaks from gamma rays occur in annihilation processes?
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A gravity graph is a kind of art "tool" that lets you draw nice geometric shapes
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1.5 cubic meters ice cube melting
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What are some free and legal video lectures for first year physics?
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What is the role of Slater determinants in quantum chemical methods?
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Kirchhoff's Three Laws of Spectroscopy
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I Laplace's equation in presence of a dipole (perfect or physical)
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I Can you put out a fuse (fire) with a laser?
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B Storing light and using it to propel an object
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I Infrared Photovoltaics: Powering Ham Radios & Cooling Earth?
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B Infrared Cameras -- Do they use a Lens to Focus?
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I Propagation of Angular Spectrum Code
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B Calculating the Angle Between Virtual Sources of Fresnel's Biprism
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B Can We Predict Fire Movement?
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B How many nuclear weapons are needed to make a wormhole?
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A Motorcycle, the force exerted upon from collision
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I Why does the effect linger with Glow in the dark?
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B Space, Reflection: See Earth's Past in Mirror?
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I Aviation Enthusiast's Tale of Ruining a Flight Sim
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I Lux-meter, candelas or lux, measuring nits in practice
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B Why don't guns kill the shooter?
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B Can Neon Signs Emit Harmful X-Ray Radiation?
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B Why don't humans orbit the Earth?
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B Questions on magnets (multiple so I don't spam the forum)
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I Experimenting to Answer Research Q's
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I Reynolds Number and Turbulence: Why Does Increasing Density Affect Flow?
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I Exploring Energy in Astronomy: Kinetic, Potential & Mass?
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B Is Entropy the Key to Understanding the Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe?
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