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Undergrad Why is tension used for gas and electricity measurements?
- middling
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High School Complete list of physics equations?
- Bassir
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Undergrad Are Static Shocks More Common in Different Climates?
- Honeycreampuf
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High School Q: How can you hear someone through a closed door?
- Cookies?
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Most revolutionary physicist/s currently
- Futuregen600
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Undergrad Correlation between metal strength and melting point?
- Physics quest
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Undergrad What is Cyclic Symmetry in Jet Engines?
- svishal03
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Undergrad How Does the Kardashev Scale Classify Civilizations?
- Mind Bender
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What Are Creative Mechanics-Themed Christmas Ornament Ideas?
- Aar0n
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High School What happens when two portals collide with you between them?
- JoseAriza
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Undergrad How many molecules make a droplet
- karen_lorr
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Something Scary Just Happened: Cooker Knob Malfunction
- Celluhh
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Undergrad How to plot it graph in Mathematica
- roshan2004
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High School Why Do Sausages Roll Over While Cooking? Scientific Explanation Needed!
- wolram
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Graduate Wave function: physical state, information, or configuration space field?
- bohm2
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Graduate Creating 2D Maps: Practical Approaches and Limitations for 2D Creatures
- PatrickPowers
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A way to eat a beef patty without spilling the beef
- zeion
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Undergrad Ion Density Theory: Can It Create Lift?
- zboy
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Welcome to PhysicsForums! 13 y/o Interested in Physics
- NateSprague62
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High School Can a liquid exist in vacuum without vaporizing?
- hellboy4444
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High School The senses detect vibrational energy?
- SebWallace
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Undergrad Approximating sqrt(n+1) when n is very small
- lenfromkits
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Undergrad How Can I Optimize My CNC Setup for Cutting 2024 Aluminum?
- aeb2335
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A Wild Idea on the Creation of the Universe: Seeking Suggestions
- TLCU
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High School Dancing Cloud Phenomenon on YouTube - Bad Astronomy
- DaveC426913
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High School What is a dipole moment?
- opfphysics
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Undergrad # of measurments in order to find parameters
- ted1986
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Survival of the Fittest: The Ultimate Dilemma on the Titanic
- BadBrain
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Because Physics is better than your major
- Pengwuino
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Graduate Imaginary Center of Mass? What is that?
- flyingpig
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High School What is the difference between uncertainty and error?
- queenstudy
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Undergrad What is the difference between normal modes and propagation modes?
- moostang
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Undergrad What is physics and what makes something real?
- tyreds_tale
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Hexagon pattern shifts when moving head while wearing glasses
- hxtasy
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Graduate How wavelets handle time-frequency trade-off better than windowed Fourier transforms
- likephysics
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Undergrad Randomness the secret of everything
- cookertron
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High School COuld anybody join physics conferences?
- mankin2006
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Pictures change to different image when zoomed in on Android phone
- Celluhh
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Undergrad Error analysis, multiplying an error
- bingoboy
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Undergrad Does quantum randomness prove indeterminism or just hide determinism?
- drupillow
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High School Sub-bass pattern effects @ 30-70 Hz
- Nelson Cruz
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Graduate Gravitational Field From Ring Mass
- edgepflow
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High School How Does Ultrasonic Cleaning Work?
- oem7110
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Graduate What is the Meaning of the Symbol in Equation (4) on arXiv?
- romsofia
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High School How to write joules per metre squared per second
- autodidude
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High School How to study effectively for AP Physics B
- ifedimma
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Undergrad Intermolecular attractions and Wave propagation
- Maisara-WD
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Uncertainty should be called as unpredictability
- jayaramas
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Undergrad Why do transverse and longitudinal waves propagate differently in water?
- Misr
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Undergrad Can Santa Be in Multiple Houses at Once, Just Like an Electron?
- dipungal
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Undergrad Immeadiacy of sensory experience
- dingansich
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Undergrad Leap seconds- the debate communicated by a designer.
- designer89
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Undergrad How did I capture these intriguing feedback loop photos?
- LaurieAG
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Why Did My Wave Function Collapse on the Way to Lecture?
- pergradus
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Undergrad How to get into a productive physics mindset
- doublefelix92
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Undergrad Experimental Results vs Predictions
- StevieTNZ
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Undergrad Intuitive understanding of dimension (units)
- autodidude
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High School Verifying an Einstein quote for academic use
- jamadagni
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High School What color does grass appear under red light at night?
- NIKHEL RAINA
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Undergrad Can other elements replace oxygen in combustion reactions?
- nomisrosen
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Graduate The use of arbitrary parameters in theoretical models
- Geodesic Worm
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Are stale bagels better insulators than fresh ones?
- cmb
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High School Device to measure materials' vibration?
- oem7110
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Bright fast-moving object over Atlantic City at 4:25 AM
- tkav1980
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Undergrad Where can I send an astrophysics paper for journal publication?
- jayaramas
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Best of Physics Forums : If I were to advice my students to use Physics Forums
- dharavsolanki
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Participating in LHC@home sixtrack project
- CallumBoson
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High School Are there any astrophysics quizzes available online?
- CallumBoson
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University Physics- Young Freedman 12/E errata
- issacnewton
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Undergrad Could orbiting mirrors focus solar energy to desalinate seawater?
- Fastidious
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Do you use Physics Forums in business?
- Loren Booda
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Undergrad Information about chalk sticking to blackboard
- whyme1010
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High School How long to understand advanced physics topics?
- BillytheBob
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High School Overall, H2O More Negative Than Positive?
- jaketodd
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High School Is someone tell me what is quadrant system ?
- NIKHEL RAINA
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High School How Does Blue Tack Adhere to Smooth Surfaces?
- sniffer
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Undergrad Why does water run under a teapot spout instead of dripping?
- Himal kharel
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Undergrad Radar Doppler Effect: What Does the "V" Stand For?
- hmvince
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High School Why does water drain clockwise in the north and anticlockwise in the south?
- Himal kharel
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Undergrad Can the private sector unlock hidden advancements in physics?
- mitster
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High School Why did a contrail stay curved as it drifted across the sky?
- datacloud
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High School Who Invented the Modern Scientific Method?
- SUDOnym
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Is Ronald Mallett's Time Travel Mission Respected by the Scientific Community?
- Hyperspace2
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Is Physics amazing, or is it just me?
- Pengwuino
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Is Everything Really Half Its Original Size?
- Julian Solos
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High School Can atoms be rearranged to convert waste into useful materials?
- Secos
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High School What is Matter? Is an Electron Matter?
- neutrino'
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High School How to Measure Squishiness?
- poof
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High School What are some unique Physics experiment ideas?
- bijanv
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Graduate Explaining Apparent Superluminal Neutrino Speeds as Quantum Weak Measurement
- Pythagorean
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Graduate Can Heaven Be a Realm with Molecular Structures Beyond Light Speed?
- athinkingnupe
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Undergrad Rate of energy transfer of a longitudinal wave?
- coreluccio
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Undergrad I may have found a couple of meteorites
- Ivan Seeking
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Pop Science Books: Pro's or Con's?
- Darth Frodo
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Graduate Can theoretical physics models be falsified?
- TheCool
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Undergrad Thin Film Interference: The Movie
- ezfzx
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So what are you physicists' opinions on psychedelic drugs?
- jeebs
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Graduate Frontier Research in Physics Today: Cosmology, Particle Physics, String Theory
- SUDOnym
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High School How should physical units be displayed on chart axes?
- pow216
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