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Undergrad Understanding Op-Amp negative feedback
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Undergrad Seeking Symmetry: Lie Group & Algebra Models
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Undergrad How do I know the lithium content of a lithium-ion battery?
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Undergrad Differences between perturbation/variation of an object?
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Undergrad Suggestion for resources about cosmic rays
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Undergrad Dark Matter Gravity: What Do We Know?
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Undergrad Is the Sagnac Effect a Relativistic Phenomenon?
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Undergrad Solution to the 1D wave equation for a finite length plane wave tube
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Undergrad Awesome cloud chamber track (video)
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Undergrad My cloud chamber didn't make any tracks....
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Undergrad How did students manage to study the required Mathematics for Physics
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Undergrad Selective filter based on angle of incidence?
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Undergrad Viewing Planets or stars from a high altitude
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Undergrad Numerical Solution to the Rayleigh Plesset Equation
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Undergrad What happened to Susskind's Quantum Field Theory lectures at Stanford?
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Undergrad Simulation Hypothesis: Quantum Computer Modeling
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Undergrad Studying the air layer over a solid object
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Undergrad Why Sea Level sometimes gives an illusion being at height
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Undergrad What are nanosystems and where can we find them in our daily lives?
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Undergrad Tritium Phosphorescence: Understanding Electron Capture and Phosphor Changes
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Undergrad Efficiency of computers vs. brains
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Undergrad What Are the Factors That Affect the Cost and Quality of Varifocal Lenses?
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Undergrad How many Gs can a person pull during a punch
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Undergrad Unplug Fridge During Below-30 Days?
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Undergrad Resources to learn about scaling arguments
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Undergrad How far away can 1KW of RF energy be detected?
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Undergrad Coanda Effect and relevant maths
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Undergrad How do waves following a shockwave catch up to the shock wave?
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Undergrad Typical Wavelength vs Wave Length
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Undergrad Airflow direction -- Improving the cooling of my computer
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Undergrad Condensation as humidity control
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Undergrad What Unsolved Mysteries in Physics Lack a Theoretical Explanation?
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Undergrad The new definition of kg and the mass-energy equivalence
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Undergrad E & B field phase relationship in EMR
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Undergrad How does gravity affect time on different planets?
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Undergrad Calculate Retinal irradiance - from photometric units
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Undergrad Rebinning Strategies for Unequally Spaced Data in Spectroscopy Experiments
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Undergrad How to calibrate a NaI(Tl) scintillator?
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Undergrad Searching Beyond EM Spectrum: Tech Needed to Discover New Wavelengths
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Undergrad Covariant and contravariant tensors
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Undergrad FRB's source as Rail and/or Coil Guns (or mass drivers)
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Undergrad Theoretical Torricelli Vacuum Test: Impurity Impact on Pressure
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Undergrad Can we consider this system as an Einstein model of a Solid?
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Undergrad Inverting the Birch-Murnaghan Equation of State
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Undergrad Understanding Critical Energy and Thresholds in High Energy Physics
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Undergrad Understanding the dispersion of waves
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Undergrad 'Formulations' of Physical Theories: Overview?
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Undergrad Is Infinity Possible Within Our Finite Universe?
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Undergrad How does a meteor explode in mid air, releasing massive amounts of energy?
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Undergrad Interval between double sonic booms
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Undergrad What subfields does semiconductor physics comprise?
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Undergrad Can red blood cells be considered colloids? (soft matter physics)
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Undergrad RK4 with adaptative step versus fourth order leapfrog integrator
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Undergrad Is there a limit to how hot something can get, and if so why?
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Undergrad Best video lectures on SSP following Kittel
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Undergrad Concentration of Impurities in Extrinsic Semiconductor ?
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Undergrad Flow Dynamics of Sluice Gates & Groynes
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Undergrad The energy released from antimatter annihilation -- New uses?
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Undergrad I Want to Remove a KTP Crystal's Coating
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Undergrad Theories and their domains of applicability?
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Undergrad Help understanding the formula for the total phase shift of a waveplate stack
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Undergrad The Graser: Examining a Cold War Spy Story
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Undergrad Stuck tray in the sink - How to separate
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Undergrad Did bottles of wine truly get recovered from the wreck of the Titanic?
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Undergrad How to find the H index of an author using Google Scholar?
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Undergrad Joule-Thomson Effect: Explaining Qualitatively
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Undergrad Why is F=dU/dx=0 either side of inflexion point?
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Undergrad Can Raman spectroscopy identify every substance?
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Undergrad Which Is Better for Visualizing Jet Flow: Schlieren or BOS Photography?
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Undergrad Redefining the Mass Unit: Counting Particles for Precision
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Undergrad Is it possible to use a DSLR as a cost effective spectrometer?
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Undergrad Oscillation with constrained amplitude
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Undergrad What are the "central/axiomatic equations of physics" from which....
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Undergrad Understanding q: Lambda & S in the Equation
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Undergrad Understanding the Relationship Between Mass and Matter
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Undergrad Why Does Tipler & Mosca Emphasize Mass Cancellation in Kinetic Friction?
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Undergrad How Does Reducing Time Intervals Affect Accuracy in Numerical Integration?
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Undergrad If I had a cubic metre of solid osmium, a perfect cube....
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Undergrad Is the Equation for Relativistic Two-Body Decay Correct?
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Undergrad What is the role of the divergence theorem in deriving local laws in physics?
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Undergrad The Shadow Of An Atom - False Colour Images Reveal Structure
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Undergrad Symmetry of an exponential result from a Fourier transform
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Undergrad How to remove Ethanol from Gasoline?
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Undergrad Data analysis for theoretical vs experimental results
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Undergrad Ionosphere: Causes of Electron Production & Recombination Reaction
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Undergrad Integral equation for large surfaces
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Undergrad Classical Chaos: Can a Particle Move Chaotically and Be Subject to Force?
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Undergrad Attosecond Physics Explained - Get Your Answers Here
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Undergrad What does the term "Typical Wavelength" mean in this context?
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Undergrad Why Does Subtractive Cancellation Affect Measurement Precision?
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Undergrad Circus physics problem (chinese pole)
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Undergrad Doesn't the atom in ground state radiate?
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Undergrad Fixing Ship Ramp: Winch vs Windlass
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Undergrad C Could a Jet Helicopter with Wings Fly at Supersonic Speeds?
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Undergrad Analytical Open Channel Rectangular Fluid Flow
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Undergrad How Is Summation Changed to Integration in Reif's Statistical Mechanics?
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Undergrad Center of Mass of a jetpack-Earth System
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Undergrad Typo in elliptical orbit energy derivation?
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Undergrad How was the speed of light calculated before the redefinition of the meter?
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Undergrad Van Allen Belts: why are they where they are?
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