Research Definition and 998 Threads

HI, everyone, I am Ram from Chennai, India. I have very recently started research on topics in Cosmology, Thermodynamics and Relativity. I have no formal credentials or academic affiliations. I am here to learn more about my areas of interest from experts and also to seek critiques of my work.

I was studying theoretical physics in the university for 2.5 years before giving up this speciality. If I study physics ~2 hours daily plus 3 hours every weekend myself and individually with teacher, will I be able to do serious research (write papes that will be cited and will have influence...

Hi everyone, I’m excited to join this community! I’m a research student with a Master’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering. My academic and research interests include robotics, machine learning, hardware design, and system integration. I’ve worked on various projects involving automation...

Hello everyone at Physics Forums, My name is Juan Sánchez Prieto, and I am an aerospace engineer by training. Although my work has primarily focused on aeronautical projects, I am also passionate about research in the field of permanent magnets. In particular, I am interested in aspects...

Hi all, I'm a european about to have to start his Master's thesis in particle physics. I might have the opportunity to choose between SLAC, Brookhaven lab and Purdue university. Purdue would offer me a more standard academic outlook, with the prof even mentioning a probable phd opportunity after...

Hi, I am an electronics engineer and am looking for ways to do remote internships in the field of cosmology(a field I want to actually pursue) to gain a better understanding and hopefully build skills that would make me a better graduate candidate to study the subject further from the best...

I've been studying the book "Numerical Optimization" by Jorge Nocedal and Stephan J. Wright published by Springer, 1999. I'm puzzled by the use of the Laplacian operator ##\nabla^2## in chapter 10 on nonlinear least squares and in the appendix to define the Hessian matrix. The following is from...

I'm in my 3rd year of undergrad currently, and trying to find an REU program to get into. This is my first time doing this, so I'm not sure the best approach? My college's physics society gave us a link to a REU site here...

Hello everyone, I'm a fifth-year student at Iowa State University, double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Physics, and I will be graduating this year. I realized my passion for physics late into my academic career, which is why I'm in my fifth year—I've been working hard to catch up...

Greetings, im a physics undergrad (7th semester, attending modern physics), i have interest in hep but i dont know how to get started in that topic, i would like to start reading papers on the field but i dont know where to begin. Can any one give me any recommendation ?

I am a senior living in New York state getting ready to submit my college applications. Colleges I Have Looked At: RPI, UoR, RIT, Clarkson, WPI, Stony Brook, and Binghamton My stats: 3/309 in my class 99% unweighted gpa 1440 SAT (790 Math, 650 Reading) (This score is likely to improve (I...

It is common to hear in popular sources (at least from the people that like to rant) that string theory has taken over real physics, that physics has been lost since the development of the string theory program, that much effort has gone into string theory with no results, and so on... I would...

https://www.umdphysics.umd.edu/about-us/news/department-news/1968-redish-2.html https://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/Edward-F-Joe-Redish.cfm Teaching Physics With the Physics Suite https://www.physics.umd.edu/~redish/Book/ Univ. of Maryland - Physics Education Research Group...

How probable are the cases when some idea in a scientific paper is presented by its author as his/her own, but in fact is stolen from, for example, some journal with less authority's paper?

Can I post Operations research problems in Physics Forum? If yes, where, can I post it?

From the article in phys org. today. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-evidence-stacks-poisonous-toxic-dyes.html "The Lipscomb book project, the team used three spectroscopic techniques: XRF to qualitatively check whether arsenic or other heavy metals were present in any of the book covers...

TL;DR Summary: I'm an upcoming 3rd-year Aerospace Engineering student preparing to start my dissertation. Unfortunately, I was not allocated to a personal project due to capacity issues and my university has a lack of organisation. As a result, I'm proposing my own project because the rest of...

Hello, I am currently in my final year of undergraduate study (major in theoretical physics and minor in mathematics). I am looking at a 3.622 overall (CGPA) and a 3.87 physics gpa (liberal arts school so I had to make that distinction lol) by the time I graduate. For my research experience, I...

Hello. Im a Sci-Fi writer doing research, looking for opinions and comments from grad students or post-doc faculty/researchers on your experience publishing and opinions on the relationship between scientists and scientific journals. As well as personal experience, thoughts or any opinions on...

I wanna spend my summers doing something meaningful before I join. I don't want to do it for Money or anything - just want to gain some experience and be useful. I have decent/good Maths, Physics, Chemistry and engineering foundation as well as programming skills and just wanna put them to use...

I got my biology degree in 1979 and would like to get current again on DNA. What would you suggest? I'm in Japan so access to English books is quite limited.

On Monday evening, student protestors entered an engineering building at Stanford and proceeded to barricade and vandalize it. It is unclear whether they broke in or whether (like most university buildings) is normally unlocked during working hours. According to Stanford's president, "A faculty...

Hello Physics Forums! I'm in a bit of an unorthodox position currently, and I'm open to hearing some advice. I currently have the option to transfer to a different institution, with a more well respected and larger Physics program. I sorta applied just to see if I could get in, and I did, but...

Which exactly year Newton first time write about calculus, 1664, 1665 or 1666? I find three years circles in many sources, 1664, 1665 and 1666 , do yo maybe know some thrusted source where we can find correct information? Here is 1665...

I was wondering if anyone could help provide any research areas or research questions that consists of Fermentation

I'm engaged in a research project focused on pendulums. I'm trying to model a rigid pendulum's motion with a second order differential equation (where time is the independent variable) describing the relationship between θ (theta) , ω (omega) and α (alpha) where: - θ is the angle of the...

Hello! I've looked around the community, and this seems like a great place to ask the question to experienced professionals! I was wondering what kind of life does such a career in physics entail? I'm trying to contemplate a career in academia, but I'm quite nervous on the career switch, hehe...

How easy to switch from research in theoretical physics to astronomy and is it possible to become a qualified specialist in this field after that?

I will play devil's advocate to some extent. I'm looking from the outside in and won't have the same insight as some of you PhDs... If a research paper is around 20-30 pages tops, what's the point of spending all that time to write up a 100, 200, 500-page PhD thesis? I get the impression from...

Hello everyone, my name is Andii and I am new here. I know this may not be a relatable question to ask, but I hope someone can help me. I have been searching for International/European and/or American astronomy and astrophysical research competitions for the past 5 months or so. I would like to...

I'm an international student. I've been accepted into Stony Brook (NY), Rutgers-New Brunswick (NJ), University of Arizona and Iowa State University. (all with decent scholarships... amounts in increasing order with Stony Brook costing me the most) I'm really confused about the first 3. All of...

TL;DR Summary: Currently applying for a scholarship for a PhD, and I feel like I need some help finding interesting research propositions/questions when it comes to M-theory. I would be thankful for all the help I could get! I'm currently attending a masters program in theoretical physics and...

Researchers find first experimental evidence for a graviton like particle in a quantum material https://phys.org/news/2024-03-experimental-evidence-graviton-particle-quantum.html A team of scientists from Columbia, Nanjing University, Princeton, and the University of Munster, writing in the...

Diploma: "Exzitonische Absorptionsspektren unter dem Einfluß eines elektrischen Pulses" Thesis: "New solution algorithm for Volterra deffects"

I am a sophomore at IISER Berhampur, which is a Research Institute of National importance. I would like to stay updated with this platform.

Hi, I am in Highschool and I am interested in pursuing mathematics as a career. I am particularly interested in doing some math research/projects (even if simple) to boost my maturity of the subject. How would I go about doing research/projects? Are there any good ideas? Math background: -...

Hello everybody! I signed up to this blog a long time ago but I don't think I ever made a post in here before. I finished my degree in Physics more than 5 years ago, started my PhD but never finished it. After that I moved back to Angola and followed a careers in consulting and on the financial...

I'm currently exploring a theoretical concept. My research leads me to a hypothetical method leads to what I believe is an interesting result: It is theoretically possible to fuse two ions for an energy cost that is less than the expected energy of bringing the ions closer together. Note, this...

Just saw a claim online that "Dawkins isn't a recognized scientist", which seemed like a strange claim. It made me wonder: how much research did Dawkins do over the years? Can you provide some references to his list of researches?

where can I get best research papers for my undergrade thesis in Mechanical Engineering?

Hello, I am a 4th-year student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, specializing in Power Electronics and Automation. I aspire to pursue research in physics. Do you think that obtaining a Master's and Ph.D. in physics, alongside my technical bachelor's degree, could be sufficient for this...

I'm a mediocre physics student (at best) at an Ivy League institution, and I'm passionate about general relativity. My dream is simply to do research in the field, even though I will never be a superstar or pioneer. Finally, I'm planning to complete a Master's in astrophysics or physics...

Interesting article from the Economist. To me it seems a bit long on vague ideas and short on specifics, but it would be very good to get the right people at least talking about the problems that they point out. The article: They go on to point out that the current system is, to use their...

My second attempt. Somebody asked, "What is Research"? Would someone here with physical science Phd tell the meaning of "Research"? My own way to give a meaning is to compare with cooking food; but that it is just far more precise. I used copy&paste to put in the title.

Hi everyone, (this is my first post so be gentle) I am currently getting my masters is mechanical engineering, was admitted to aero Ph.D. programs as Vtech, MSU, and Cinci last year but decided to get masters locally and apply to "better" schools (UofM) for next cycle with a better resume and...

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I'm here to chat about physics and its implecations, discuss research, and ask question bothering me.

I am continuing a personal research about a new kind of wind power generation system by my own and have got partial success. I have found a Switzerland based organization that claimed to assist research and development by individuals like me by funding them. I have contacted them and last May...

Background: I'm a just graduated Masters student in Civil Engineering, and I'll soon be working in industry. I've done research in Civil in college, and I've also done a few hobby projects, mainly coding, and often related to physics and/or engineering. I've really enjoyed hobby projects since...

I graduated last June and I’ve been a research technician ever since (at a school different from undergrad institution). When I have energy and am not stressed out about the impressions I’m making in the lab environment, the work I do is still quite enjoyable but more often than not this is not...