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Undergrad Theoretical vs. Experimental Physics

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High School What Are the Most Controversial Topics in Physics?

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Undergrad What else should I know about ozone emission from ionization experiments?

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High School Did Benjamin Franklin discover electrical charge in 1747?

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Undergrad Is the Solar System Governed by a Compass Point Rule?

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High School Bubbles What are Bubbles exactly?

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Undergrad Can the public access scientific knowledge behind classified technologies?

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Coming up with Concept questions

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Undergrad How Much Energy Can the NIF Laser Produce in One Shot?

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Graduate Particle Physics: Accuracy of Wikipedia Articles

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Greatest scientific contribution on Physics Forums?

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Graduate Wilczek's and Smolin's books: performance in February

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High School Is Blogging About Physics as a Freshman at UNCG Effective for Learning?

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Undergrad Emerging enthusiasm for biodiesel

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High School Howard Johnson's permanent magnetic motor

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Graduate Technique to detect thin metal film break?

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But in terms of a Physics Club, how about The Quantum Crew?

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Undergrad Relationship between Mass and Energy

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Graduate What is the Origin of this Equation?

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Undergrad How Do You Measure and Understand Spin in Table Tennis?

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Undergrad What Causes Irregularities in Droplet Formation?

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High School Direction of Vectors: 30 degrees N or E

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Graduate LENR: The Controversial Field of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions Revisited

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High School Measuring wind in a vertical wind tunnel

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Who is your favorite physicist and why?

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Graduate Doing Science Degree as Housebound 35yo Woman

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High School Random happenings? (trying to figure out what it was)

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Graduate Finding Earth's mass from density profile using Gauss's law

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High School Why Does Tapping a Can of Carbonated Drink Stop Fizzing

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High School Information on superconductors: characteristics, experiments, theory and applications

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Graduate Does life present any information paradox?

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Graduate Why is x₁+x₂ a solution in coupled oscillations?

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Mit physics 2008 vids (not complete yet)

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Graduate What is Bragg Detuning and How Does it Affect Bragg Gratings?

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High School You're in a room with 2 iron bars

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What is the definition of time?

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Graduate Can Leptons and Quarks Lead to a Theory of Everything?

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Graduate Empathy and the Exchange Operator/Interaction

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Graduate Can Prophecy Violate Quantum Mechanics?

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Undergrad If they are out there why don't we hear them?

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High School How Does Purple Connect Red and Blue on the Color Wheel?

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Graduate Levitating a pair of sneakers with magnets or electromagnets

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Graduate Is Top-Down Causation Viable in Current Physics?

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Graduate Hypothesis, theory, model, and law definitions

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Undergrad What Are the Best Books to Prepare for Classical Calc-Based Physics?

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High School What Happens to Water in a Sealed, Heat-Resistant Container?

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Graduate Computer modeling of physical systems

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Graduate Wolfgang Pauli was certainly interested in psychology

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High School How many decibels does a regular apartment wall cancel out?

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Graduate Does Time Exist as a Physical Dimension and How Do We Make Sense of It?

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Undergrad Can Nano-Technology Provide an Anti-Slip Solution for Slippery Surfaces?

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Graduate What creates contrast in bright field microscopy besides shadows and pits?

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Undergrad How Can I Create Clickable Shapes in a Flash Game?

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Graduate I think this is a pretty good question.

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Greatest physicists never used calculators

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High School Understanding Stephen William Hawking's Theories on Black Holes

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Graduate Can Quantum Particles Be Understood as Information in a Von Neumann Framework?

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Graduate Why do galactic networks resemble neuronal structures?

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Asteroid 2009 DD45 close approach to Earth

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Undergrad How to detremine the lifetime of a LED

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Graduate Fads and Fallacies in the name of Theory

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Some free video lectures on Physics, maths and all sciences

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Graduate What does the phrase Superlinear refer to?

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Graduate Would any laws be violated if time was proven not to be real?

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Undergrad Why is There a Double Tidal Bulge?

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Can Listening to Strange Music Improve Cognitive Function?

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How can Bright Zinc plated Steel Shelves go rusty in a Fridge?

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High School How can voltage exist across a solid metal door?

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Graduate Is the Physics Prank Problem a Chaotic, Coupled, and Damped System?

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Graduate Do cosmologists really believe the Big Bang theory is true?

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High School Is it Possible to Contaminate our Sun?

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High School Can anyone explain the European standard for cookware lid design requirements?

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Graduate Geocentricity, or modern geocentrism - request for possible refutations

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High School Vacuum cleaner with pc fan possible?

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Undergrad Is 1 cm equal to 8.066 meV-1 in unit conversion?

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Graduate Hemoglobin-Oxygen binding energy

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Where Can I Find a Physics Artist for My Popular Science Paper?

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High School Why did my incense stick have a horizontal flame?

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Undergrad Understanding Waveform Notation in Complex Numbers

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Physics Project - Properties of a Tsunami

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High School Oxyhydrogen Welders: Educate Me on Single Phase Power

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Undergrad Best way to ionize compounds and/or elements?

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High School Hovercraft levitation - simple ideas needed

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Graduate Is a Revolution in Physics Imminent?

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Undergrad Can Time Travel Be Possible Along a One-Dimensional Vector Line?

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What Are the Best Gift Ideas for a Young Optics/Laser Physics Supervisor?

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Graduate A question and a small rant on mystics who abuse QM

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High School What does uncertainty mean in measurements?

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High School How do you convert vacuum pressure in Hg units from air volume?

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High School How does a Powerball generator work for a household energy project?

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Undergrad Motor which operate solely on magnet and gravity?

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Graduate Ball Lightning Debunk, New Proposal

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Why Does My Mum Constantly Affect Electronics?

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Undergrad HG Wells: The first to call time a fourth dimension?

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Undergrad Is gravity controlled by a static force?

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Undergrad Is it possible to convert kg/(kWh) to litres/100m ?

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Graduate Can Physics Theories About the Universe's End Cause Depression?

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