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Hi guys, I am currently doing HL IB Physics and i chose to do my Extended Essay on physics as well but i am having trouble to figure out my topic and what my question can be. I was thinking of something around the area of stability in structures or renewable energy. But i have no idea what...

I have looked before, but all I get are a bunch of ads from visited websites. what is the best ( and most reliable) company to sell my ideas to?

So I'm entering my second year in uni doing a physics degree. We're just about to tackle on some of the interesting topics like EM (which I've self-learnt before), Classical Mechanics(we've already covered Newtonian) and QMech. Apart from my core academics, I'm interested in pursuing some...

mainly maths and physics. individual sites will also help

Hi, Is there any reason I should not use the 5VAC or the 6.3VAC taps on the power transformer and design a rectifier circuit to power a LED? Thanks, Billy Be back in a bit

HELLO! hi yall, hope you didnt forget about me from my post "Any Lego Masters here?"! Any way I need some ideas for a project to work (or just to think about it) I need something uninvented and not very practical. ex. a lightsaber. but please do not suggest this I have allready worked on that.

Hello everyone, I am doing a research on virtual user interface for almost three years, have been successful in gathering as much information as I can for revolutionizing the computer Industry. And now I want suggestion of what you want or what are your requirements for a Virtual user interface...

Hi everybody I am a scientific enthusiast with great interest in the renewable energy field. and I had this idea in my head for so many years which i got from a scientific experiment I saw a few years ago. After few years of grappling with this idea in my head I was able to put it into a...

I am starting a postdoc in Materials, and have spoken to a head of school about a planning for a 5 year fellowship after that will lead onto a lecturing role. Problem is, now I have to work out what I am going to be an expert in. How did you guys get your ideas for research interests? Was it...

Hi, I am wondering what are some good ideas for a first year undergraduate science research project? I am majoring in Astronomy so am after some ideas. My special interests are Pluto, Black Holes and of course Planet X.

Mod note: Moved from a Homework section 1. Homework Statement I want to solve: ∇2E, for E = exp(ikr)/r, where r = √x2+y2+z2 Thus I must solve: d2E/dx2+d2E/dy2+d2E/dy2 The derivatives themselves are simple, but very time-consuming! Can you think of any tricks I can use to simplify the calculation?

I have more of a discussion type question than one about Electrical Concepts (though I suppose it will devolve into that area). I've been doing a bit of reading about settingless relaying schemes and was wondering how they really improve over the traditional methods? The method of Dynamic State...

I get these bits of a story that float around in my head. I'm no writer so they won't go anywhere if they don't get out. Therefore, anything I post here is free for anyone who wants to use it. First one dates from about December 1970. "A voice rang through the jungle. Someone down line was...

I am EE majoring in signal processing with a deep interest in maths. I am looking for ideas for a graduation project that combines maths and my major.

This is a really tough problem. I have spent years studying and experimenting about this. Outdoor air contains tracers such as dust, pollen, etc. called aerosols. It is possible to use LIDAR to detect these at distances in the scale of kilometers away. But lasers of the power to use at even 1km...

Help. I am having a problem choosing a topic for my math research project. Anybody have any ideas they'd like to share ?

I'm planning to start a physics and astronomy club at my high school my junior year (next year). I have an idea of who I can collect to the club, but before I bring it up to the school, I need some ideas for the club. Should there be activities, like building a mini particle accelerator, or a...

I've been debating against myself whether to use my Chaos Project Design to enter the contest but I don't have enough time to complete it at the moment and could leave some clueless as this is a High School level Math Fair. Does anyone know any other Ideas for me? I'm rather out of ideas and...

Hi I'm starting an engineering club in my school and I'd like some ideas of engineer-like projects to make. I'm really concerned with it being interesting and it being something that people want to be a part of considering my school is pretty uninvolved. The projects I have in mind emphasize...

Could anyone recommend some books or exercises to practice proofs? Or even post some theorems to prove? Thanks in advance, Ajay

I need an idea of what to test if I were to do a physics experiment about snowboarding. It can be one involving someone riding a snowboard or an empty snowboard. However, I would like it to be relatively simple, as in my rider doesn't have the skills to ride a half pipe or do any big jumps. I...

My question is about how new ideas come into being. Are all new ideas based on some form of predictive analysis or can they arrive without direct connection to other known events? This is a bit of a hard question for me to get across...lol For example, I know the values of events A, B, C...

Hello all, hope all is well. I come seeking ideas to present at my college's STEM Fair coming up in a few months. To give you idea of my mathematical background, I am currently taking Differential Equations(ODE) and Discrete Math. I have completed Calc I,II, Vector Calculus and Linear...

I am stumped and I cannot think of any possible experiments that fits the criteria. The requirements are: -A 10-hour experiment -Rigorous and challenging enough for IB-level Physics (A basic college level) I tried asking my teacher to do Newton's cradle, but she said that it would not fulfill...

For my bachelor project, I am in need of an air tight (or very, very near air tight) container, which can withstand 750 C. My original thought was to have a steel container with a lid and gasket, but I was unable to find any gaskets that got anywhere near that. Does anyone know of a gasket...

I will be writing a paper by modelling a system and its differential equations. I have just started brainstorming ideas but I would also like to hear other peoples' ideas as well! I have these ideas so far, can anybody suggest relevant articles or papers on these topics (avoid wikipedia if...

I am undergraduate physics student,and I want to become a theoretical physicist. I need some ideas about fields to look at it that can inspire me . I do not have specific field that I like the most in physics..so I need your help

Hey guys, I'm looking to do several high school lessons on the mechanical advantage of gears...including rpm calculations and gear ratios. I've searched and searched, but can't seem to find any good gear models/demos for students to use to build and experiment on their own. It seems like...

Recently, I have been looking into more effective methods of harnessing nuclear power and making an attempt to move away from conventional steam plants and the use of turbines, thus reducing heat losses, maintenance and construction costs, etc. That being said, my current concept uses a...

Hello all I'm looking for some cool Christmas gift ideas that I can build for friends and family at a fairly cheap price (~50-70$ assuming I've already got basic components/hardware) using electronics/microcontrollers. Most DIY sites I see after a quick Google are non-electronics oriented, so I...

Good day :smile: For quite some time now, I've been thinking about what I should make my Internal Assessment for the IB course in physics on. The main objective of the IA is to find and prove a mathematical relationship between an independent and dependent variable. A very, very, simple example...

Hey everyone, I'm sorry if this is not the right place to ask this, but here it goes: I have to do a presentation on a topic on quantum computing. Does anyone know any cool doable topics? We have been working through Ballentine's quantum mechanics book, to give you an idea of the level. Thanks!

Hello, I am wondering if the boards can reccomend any topics of medical imaging in healthcare. I have to make a presentation on the topic and write a paper. The paper must only be sourced from peer reviewed articles or government statistics. So it should be realitvely well known. I believe...

Haven't seen a thread on this before so I'll start one. The Raspberry Pi 2 is really a marvel. For $30 you get a 90MHz quad-core processor and 1GB RAM on a Linux platform. The platform also comes standard with an ethernet connector, 4 USB ports, HDMI, and a micro SD slot. I picked up my...

Hey everybody, I've been sort of getting into pinball machines lately, and it's gotten me thinking that nearly all of an introductory mechanics class could be taught through the perspective of a pinball machine. Hooke's law for the launcher, acceleration components for the ball rolling...

Hi guys - I was hoping people might have some topic ideas for a project I need to do in graduate classical mechanics as well as math methods. It needs to be a solution to an advanced problem or cover an advanced topic. I'm just looking for ideas that haven't been beaten to death. Any suggestion...

Hello Physics Forums, For my Geophysics course we are going to be outlining and presenting a 'proposed study' for a geophysical research assignment. We will not be going through with the study, but rather outline it, propose it, and show our expected results. I wanted to try to farm some ideas...

I am almost finishing my graduation course, just more 6 months, I tried to work with biological physics for one and a half year, but I did not like, anyway, I need to write my thesis to present at the end of my course, my professor told me to think in something current in theoretical physics, he...

Hey guys! I'm a ME student starting my 3rd year and I am trying to come up with project ideas for next year. I was wondering if you could help me out. For the moment I was mostly interested in eco friendly/ sustainable projects but I'm not completely up to date on the subject so I'm not sure...

Homework Statement I am only allowed to use these items for my project opamp , zener diode , led , resistor , capacitor , p or n mosfet , NPN BJT or PNP BJT , diode , temperature sensor , LDR , speaker , trimmer , switch(normal) , pusb-button switch , infra red emitter , red detector , speaker...

Hello! I'm new to this forum and joined, for now, specifically to ask this question. Long story short, I'm 33, I've loved physics and math since middle school, I got my bachelor's in physics from UC Berkeley, was planning to get a PhD in astrophysics/cosmology, but due to certain things decided...

Homework Statement Long answer question. Simon is a long jumper. He tries to run as fast as he can before he jumps. This enables him to jump much further than if he did without running. Question: Use ideas about forces and motion to explain how running helps Simon jump further Homework...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a senior design project idea that incorporates nuclear science/engineering with the technology used in renewable energy engineering. My partner and I have found the idea of betavoltaics but doubt we'd have the required beta sources available in our labs. The...

Hi guys, I am currently enrolled in the second year of a computer science engineering course. Over the last couple of years, I have become a fortunate prisoner to mathematical fascination. I was always good at Maths but the schools I went to did not encourage much creativity and the teachers...

Hi everyone, I'm taking a Design of Experiments class which is focused on statistically designed experiments. I'm a bit lost for project ideas and this is my first graduate class. Would anyone have any ideas for an experiment that would have at least controllable factors that might have...

Hai everyone, I am from india. I am doing my 2nd year (ECE). My department subjects are too tough to study. And i had no idea about Electronics circuit-1, signals & system. These two subjects are like zombies. Those two subjects is full of equations.Can anyone tell me any easy way...

I am not sure if this should be here or in Astronomy forum! I am participating for my second time in an astronomy camp for children from 8 to 16 years as a teacher. Last year I designed and prepared three workshops; one on Stargazing, one on telescopes, one on rockets. The only fault that I...

If an Atom doesn't decide if it will be a particle or a wave until it is measured, and we assume thought is the tool for measurement...In quantum physics would an idea be a particle or a wave or both?

< Mentor Note -- thread moved to HH from the technical physics forums, so no HH Template is shown >[/color] I need some ideas for a 8 grade level physics working model for a group project. I am thinking of flight or electro magnetism.