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Can Breathing Through a Tube Create Powerful Force for Tasks?
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Is there a difference in explosive force between successive explosions?
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Understanding the Equivalence of Circuits: The Role of Total Resistance
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How did error analysis evolve over time?
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Unsustainable DNA molecule when unfolded to be in a line
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Are Dark Matter Oscillations Possible Like Atomic Vibrations?
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Are Our Understandings of Cyclone Separators Misguided?
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FBG Wavelength Reflection in Double-Clad MMF for 910 nm Laser Diode
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The probability of objects spec Q out of infinite variables
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Questions on Buoyancy: Equal Volumes, Different Depths
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Understanding Center of Mass: Is it a Vector Quantity & Its Direction?
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APS Journals Available At US Public Libraries
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Conservative and non conservative fields
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Is Fire or Electricity Considered a State of Matter?
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Formula for the vibration rate of an atom?
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Calculating Max Flow Rate Through Pipe System
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Why Does a Brass Tube's Resonance Only Produce Overtones?
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How Can I Efficiently Flip an Inverted Kayak Back Over?
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Identical Springs: Compressed vs Uncompressed Mass
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Infinite Universes: Imagining Life Forms & Math Limits
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Uniform & Non-Uniform Gravitational Fields Explained
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Transformer core variable reluctance
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Frame of reference and Pseudo forces
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Interpreting E=hf: Particle, Wave & Planck's Constant
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What Are the Limitations of Modern Batteries?
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Understanding Spin States: Theoretical Minimum and Normal Coordinate Systems
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Kikuchi lines Vs Kikuchi bands (EBSD in SEM)
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Are "isentropic" and "adiabatic" same?
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Can Jugglers Cross a Bridge with 5 Balls and a Weight Limit of 50kg?
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Calculating the force of air entering a vacuum
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What Does a CCD Pixel Measure?
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What are the Feynman Lectures on Physics and where can I find them?
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Why were complex numbers introduced in physics?
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Theoretical Extent of Redshift - How Far Can It Go?
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Is the expression still valid for large differences in radius?
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Are holograms able to reconstruct wavefronts in all directions?
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How many variables to describe a system?
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Problems with proofs of Robert Geroch mathematical physics
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What's the best device for measuring angles?
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Lesser the radius the lesser the volume. Why?
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Do tidal forces slowly make orbits more circular?
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What Happens if You Connect an AAA Battery Upside Down in a Capacitor Circuit?
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Settling the Debate: Air Compressors & Koi Ponds
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Physical significance of an equation of wave
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How does removing mass make it stronger?
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Why an Object Reflects a Specific Colour
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Bank Curve Problem: Normal Force on Moving Car
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Solve Banked Curve Problem: tan θ = ν^2/rg
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Does a bullet have a wavefront stuck in its nose in vacuum?
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Dimension in Physics: Existing vs Non-Existing Points/Events
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Solving the Tsiolokovsky Eqn for Velocity w/Time
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Why the sky is blue and not violet?
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Shooting blocks of Uranium from planet to planet
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How to overcome the drawback of rutherford's model?
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Is physics utilized in AI research? If so, how?
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Spaghetti Breaking at 250k FPS: Watch the Amazing Footage
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Compound Microscope Magnification @ Infinity
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How Do Bees Defy Physics to Achieve Flight?
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Having trouble understanding General moment
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Internal Energy & Ideal Gas: Is dH=Cp dT Always?
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Max RPM of a Flywheel: Calculating Friction & Drag-Free
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Why is P_ext different for reversible and irreversible isothermal expansion?
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Define a location of a non-point object
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How can we sure that physical laws are always the same in al
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Adiabatic Lapse Rate Explained: Work, Energy, & Temperature
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Understanding the Elusive Nature of Mass: Can it Really be Destroyed?
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Mass & Attraction: What Happens in Empty Space?
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What is Information? Understanding the Basics and Importance
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Death Ray New Approach - Is It Possible?
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Forces on a rod through a pressurized container
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Coordinate transform from sensor to North East Down frame
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Randomness in time reversal case
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Harold White warp drive experiment
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Life on a Cubical Earth: Imagining Gravity and Everyday Challenges
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What is the Measurement for G, ħ & c?
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Difference between black and transparent object
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What is the cause of an atom's number of protons
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Could new physical laws be created for large systems?
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How come the parachute does not get tangled up?
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Stuck on the derivation of pV^gamma=c
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Why does or doesn't a rainbow form?
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Is it possible to make a semiconductor at home?
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What is a conductive material which contains extra "holes"?
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Principles of warming and cooling
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Every known element has a unique atom?
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What Are the Non-Invasive Methods to See Inside Objects?
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How can powder resistivity be measured with 4-point probe?
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Internal Forces and External Forces
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Yaw Pitch & Roll to spherical Theta & Phi
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Calculating Force on a Sphere with 1 Bar Pressure
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What Do Lbf, Lb, and Lbm Really Mean in American Units?
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How Far Will Bullet Push Me Back at 70kg, 5g, 340m/s?
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Cylindrical coordinate of Galilean transformation
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Understanding the Center of Gravity: Effects of Mass, Size, Weight, and Density
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Understanding Phase Difference between y1=a. sin(ω.t) and y2=a. sin(ω.t + φ)
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Is Physics Just a Mathematical Model?
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Local and integral physical quantities
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Why the transfer function is represented in S Domain?
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Grounding by touching a ground lead
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Are there limits to human/devices perception?
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