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I have to write up an essay for my second year undergraduate physics. The essay has to be high in physics contents. Have asked quite a lot of friends, but most of them seems to be doing black holes or something about astronomy. As for myself, i planned to go for future energy but seems...

Hi. For AS level I am doing physics (Edexcel Nuffield board) and i was hoping if someone is able to direct me to a site which might provide me some of the past paper of tht board as i was not able to find any. thankyou :)

I need to write an essay by the end of this month and it can be on anything to do with environmental physics, which i don't know too much about. any ideas would be appriciated, thanks. ps, i don't really want to write about global warming because most people wil be doing that, i want...

A stationary arrangement of two crayon boxes and three cords. Box A has a mass of 11.0kg and is on a ramp at angle θ=30.0 degrees; box B has a mass of 7.00 kg and hangs on a cord. The cord connected to Box A is parallel to the ramp which is frictionless (a) What is the tension in the upper cord...

Here is the problem i am presented with. It is a research paper, and all i need is a topic to write it on. So any Suggestions would help. Other than Maglex trains, particle accelerators, amd mass spectometers. Write a report on another technology involving electromagnitism? so what other...

Topic of Paper -- What should it be? I'm looking for a topic to write a 5-6 page paper on. I'm talking Calc 1 now so the phyics class that I'm in doesn't really have any calculus in it. Any suggestions on what might make a good topic?

Hi. Long time, no post. Don't know if this is the best place for this post... seemed an okay fit. Anyway... I need help. I need to do a dumb 10 minute presentation on some physics subject to this year's second years. The focus of this task is to test presentation skills rather than physics...

First up, thin noncunducting ring with uniformly distributed charge Q on it, what's the potential a distance x from it, it's located on the axis of symmetry(ie on the axis passing through the center of the ring) I really really really thought you could treat that ring as a point charge but...

Well N. Korea is most certainly not the first country to perform nuclear tests. :smile: If I am not mistaken the US was the first country to perform such a test about more than half a century ago. Furthermore the USA was the only country that actually used nuclear weapons to kill human...

Hi there, I need a topic for this Big Math 'Excercise' (do not know what to call it), it is a compulsive thing. I have chosen Math as the subject But I need a topic to write about. So if youn have any suggestions they will be most appreciated. My Math level is that of a High School student.

Hi. Soon, for physics, i will have to do an oral presentation based on a topic of my choice, related to physics. I am really stuck about what topic i should choose, so, if anyone has any ideas, could you please post some interesting topics that i could maybe use. I do understand that what i...

It makes lectures a waste of time. Anything you get from lectures, you can read in a book. Why can't professors do difficult problems instead in lectures, to make lectures actually WORTH IT TO COME TO? Does this have to do with the typical college student being not motivated enough to read the...

Hi, my first post here. Been lurking a while however. Down to business --> I need a topic for a physics project - and as of now my mind is completely blank. I'm supposed to write 4000 words about this as well as include an experiment of some sort. I'd like to do something about either waves...

Hey. I've been given the opportunity to perform a physics experiment this summer, and I have free range over what type of experiment I choose to perform. I'm sure most physics majors wouldn't have a problem designing a project, but I am finding the task really difficult. So far I've only...

Of course, this isn't a place for such issues (that topic of mine ('Physicists')); but, here, I just want to point-out that a chance to reply was refused to me (the topic is locked without my constructive answer).

What do you think the hot topics in maths will be in the future? I can only speak from an applied point of view, but perhaps someone else could come in from the pure angle... In the 90s, I think the hot topic was ''Chaos Theory'' ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory ) - even banded...

Well, it's certainly not string theory! http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/5/4/1

we were given this topic about soft drinks. The question is: Ideally, soft drinks are bottled under high pressures and are stored in a refrigerator in a closed container. Explain why these conditions ensure the best (i.e. least flat) beverage. Write an equilbrium equation in your answer...

i am an IB student. recently i need to find a topic for my physics research. yet i couldn't find an interesting topic. i hope to find a simple yet interesting topic. one that have lots of physics behind it. help me..anyone.

Hello, Many of you have written scientific papers and here's my question: Do you think it is good to write some history about the topic you're writing on? For example, let's say I'm writing a paper on gravitational force and I added in intro a little history of brilliant discovery by Newton...

I’m an undergraduate student at an honors college. In order to get my degree I need to write a thesis. I need to find a topic soon. I’m going to talk to the professors here and see what things they have in mind but I’m trying to think of some ideas on my own. Thing is I’m really burnt out. I...

"Topic!" Error after switch form AOL to Bellsouth/AOL I had AOL for a while and signed up for the offer where you get both AOL and Bellsouth DSL. Certain links (including those which are supposed to lead to an email to contact someone) bring up a dialog box which says "Topic!". Certain links...

Okay everyone, I'm ready to get this puppy off the ground! Official discussion of this paper will begin Sat. Jan 28. Until then, here is the link to the full article, the citation, and a bit of introduction to the topic. Messager S, Chatzidaki EE, Ma D, Hendrick AG, Zahn D, Dixon J...

hey guys, As part of my high-school diploma i have to write a 4000-word essay about practically any topic, but i chose to do one in physics. ;) I've already done a bit of research trying to look at what topics might be interesting and possible to do EXPERIMENTS for. I was looking at doing...

So I have this project where I need to write a report and code of some numerical method used in some specific area of physics modeling. The report deals mostly with the numerical method but requires that some specific physics application tied into it. An example would be the Crank-Nicholson...

My teacher hasnt been in and I am trying to self teach this topic. Can anyone help me with this question, its probably quite simple but I am really stuck :redface: :frown: A flat circular coil of mean diameter 3.0cm has 500 turns and is situated so that the plane of the coil is perpendicular...

Ok I need me some super help. I have a term paper due next monday and things have just been piling on me like there's no tomorrow so I am barely getting a topic as we speak :cry: :cry: :cry: . So I need some suggestions here. I need an important figure to do a report on that was famous or...

Does anyone want to help me choose a topic for a research paper? I am looking for something that is debatable and not too broad or too specific. I was looking at oil consumption in the U.S. and something related to artificial intelligence. I am open to any other suggestions.

Side Topic for "Great Depression" Thread The demand for oil is also on the rise though. As vast as these reserves may be, all that does is buy us a little more time to figure out alternatives/fight over it. It will still run out eventually.

Suitable experiment for 16-year-olds? Topic: "Light" Does anyone have a suggestion for a good physics experiment for first-year high school students (in Denmark), which has to do with light? It doesn't matter what, it only needs to be "fleshy" enough to write a three-page report about, include...

Hey everyone, I'm getting ready to start my IB Extended Essay in Physics, and sent a proposal to my supervisor for a study on the performance of various solid rocket engines. Unfortunately this topic was rejected because a) it involves highly explosive and flammable materials, b) apparently...

Hello my friends, I need to select a topic for undergraduate research. I have a meeting set-up with my advisor, and I would like to take some possible problems with me to discuss with him. After searching for unsolved problems for some time, all of them seemed well above something an...

Is "Effects of UV Rays' a good topic in research?

"Two independent random variables x and y have PDF's given by f(x) = 12x^2 (1 - x) for 0 <= x <= 1 and f(y) = 2y for 0 <= y <= 1. Their product Z = XY has PDF defined as f(z) = 12z(1 - z)^2 for 0 <= y <= 1. Find the approximate values obtained by the method of statistical differentials." I...

some topics looks really attractive and some got only few reviews. In your opinion, what topic is most popular here? IMHO, topic related to IQ seems to be very popular! By the way, is using the ratio of Views/Replies appropriate in this case. That is, the topic with the high ratio of...

Einstein's Special Relativity Time Dilation Twin Paradox Theory I need to explain it to my teacher tomorrow and I just want some basic back-bone information...nothing too in-depth since I'm doing the research for that myself.

Greetings, I'll probably be choosing a topic for my master's thesis next week (maybe something involving the symmetries of the Born-Infeld action...), and I was curious about the work of the current/former master students here. So, what did you all do for a master's thesis?

If anyone has an UFO video to share, u can post it in this thread. ============================ Heres a flying saucer video i found: http://db.bbc.co.uk/southampton/realmedia/features/ufo1.ram Its about 15 mins long, but the last 10 mins are a slowmotion of previous minutes. U need...

First of all, I just want to say that I stumbled upon this site and am quite pleased with what I have found, so I joined. I just wanted to say hi, I'm a college student who is hoping to become a mechE. Anyway, I have seen a few topics which discuss the possibility of using electrolysis to split...

Hey I am in high school and I have to write and extended essay (4000 words with sources) for the IB program. I was thinking about writing something about string theory. After watching The Elegant Universe, I was pretty interested. Would string theory be too hard for a high school student...

I need to find and study a topic of physics. My tutor told me he wants me to study something in one of several different topics and physics is one of my choices. He has told me if I do not learn something new in 3 days he will not study with me anymore. I have 2 days to learn it and I need to...

I need to find and study a topic of physics. My tutor told me he wants me to study something in one of several different topics and physics is one of my choices. He has told me if I do not learn something new in 3 days he will not study with me anymore. I have 2 days to learn it and I need to...

Can anyone think of a new topic which we can discuss?

Hello I am competing in a regional science fair on MArch 17. Currently I have done research on put and call options, brownian motion etc... I was wondering if you guys have any ideas of good science fair questions (Scientific Method) that can be clearly explained. Earlier, someone told me...

This might sound silly... I was on a travel, and arrived late at my class of Quantum Mechanics 2. The proffesor was in the middle of a disscusion, and I'm trying to figure what was it. I asked one of my classmates and said he was talking about something with Projection operators. He was...

I came across this "older" thread, (question was..."How old are you all?" ...) I am bringing it back up new, because it is worth the answer of a few of us older people here. As for me, getting older is FANTASTIC! I have gone further into the void of the geek fold, and enjoying who I really...

Well I guess two research projects isn't ennough I am required to do a research project for physics now... (on a plus note the other two projects should be ending within a couple of monthes) I was wondering if anyone would be kind ennough to suggest some things to research... also the...

What subject on the Web is subject to the greatest inaccuracy and untruth?

hi, I am looking for any suggestions as to an interesting and relatively deep (but not too deep) topic to do a presentation on. This can be anything to do with physics e.g the collapse of the tacoma narrows bridge, particle physics, time travel, the doppler effect or any physics phenomena. Any...

hi i am a B.Tech. 3rd year student,(stream-Electronics & Communication), as a part of my degree requirement, i need to present seminar on an upcoming technology related to my stream. Please advise. Ashish Gupta Ambala College of Engg. & Applied Research, Ambala India