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Why is gravity so hard to unify with the other 3 fundamental forces?

mar 6 at 1:18 Ravindra Saraykar 1

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How can these fluid dynamical smoke-ring phenomena be explained?

fluid-dynamics

dec 11 at 18:06 Chris Gerig 1,159

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Special Relativity and $E = mc^2$

special-relativity speed-of-light mass faster-than-light

apr 9 at 1:11 Fayaz Tahir 1

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Would it be possible for geophysicists/geoengineers to develop an artificial way of trapping carbon in the ocean?

engineering geophysics

oct 22 at 16:18 AlanSE 7,299

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What is the likelihood of ever discovering the graviton?

general-relativity gravity theory-of-everything

apr 2 at 13:45 user1504 3,834

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Why do some particles have a greater mass than others?

particle-physics higgs-boson higgs-mechanism higgs-field

mar 6 at 0:06 Asphir Dom 157

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Why would a particle in an extra dimension appear not as one particle, but a set of particles?

energy mass dimensions compactification kaluza-klein

sep 18 at 15:22 FrankH 4,770

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Why do non-Newtonian fluids go hard when having a sudden force exerted on them?

classical-mechanics fluid-dynamics states-of-matter

apr 17 '12 at 15:25 Vijay Murthy 1,483

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Why does wavelength change as light enters a different medium?

electromagnetic-radiation speed-of-light frequency refraction wavelength

apr 13 at 22:05 mark mcdonald 1

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Why does water pouring from a glass sometimes travel down the side of the glass?

fluid-dynamics water

may 26 '12 at 14:29 John Rennie 44.3k

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More on the Feynman Path Integral Formula in Brian Cox' Lecture and its Consequences

quantum-mechanics path-integral

2d ago Zylatis 1

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How can the nucleus of an atom be in an excited state?

quantum-mechanics nuclear-physics atoms

mar 3 at 19:24 JKL 1,653

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Feynman's 'diamond jumping out of a box' parody, how would this work?

quantum-theory

jun 17 '12 at 0:07 Mitchell Porter 2,223

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About space-time and its four dimensions

general-relativity spacetime dimensions

may 12 '12 at 2:48 Mike Dunlavey 4,229

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Why must the excitation of closed strings in String Theory be spin-2?

string-theory quantum-gravity string

may 1 '12 at 13:52 Ron Maimon 44.8k

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Why does the force of gravity get weaker as it travels through the dimensions?

gravity quantum-gravity dimensions

apr 30 '12 at 11:21 Dilaton 2,461

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How do I go from exponents to a formula?

mathematics dimensional-analysis

apr 5 '12 at 2:27 Manishearth♦ 7,981

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About binary stars and calculating velocity, period and radius of their orbit

gravity astronomy measurement orbital-motion star

mar 22 '12 at 19:00 dmckee♦ 21.4k

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Dimensional Analysis with $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\gamma$ Powers

dimensional-analysis

mar 13 '12 at 23:22 Qmechanic♦ 17.3k

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Calculating uncertainties for a final result

measurement statistics error-analysis

mar 12 '12 at 19:15 leftaroundabout 1,754

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Why does increasing the temperature of a thermistor decrease it's resistance?

electricity

may 15 at 0:42 Lagerbaer 6,316

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Would a phone move upon vibration in a completely uniform situation?

mechanics acoustics everyday-life

apr 18 at 17:41 Dmitriy R 21

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Why can't we use entanglement to defy Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle?

entanglement uncertainty-principle

mar 14 at 6:21 Luboš Motl 67.8k

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What properties are entangled in quantum entanglement?

quantum-mechanics entanglement

mar 13 at 18:22 Abrin 66

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Why are electrons and quarks 0-dimensional?

dimensions subatomic

jan 3 at 17:48 C Bennett 1

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Why is the world sheet of an open string a cylinder?

string-theory geometry topology

dec 6 at 20:22 orbifold 712

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Why do physicists think that the electron is an elementary particle?

particle-physics elementary-particles

oct 12 at 4:12 anna v 25.9k

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Why are objects at rest in motion through spacetime at the speed of light?

special-relativity spacetime speed-of-light time motion

oct 2 at 2:46 AlanSE 7,299

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Why, when one opens 1 car window, does that noise occur?

fluid-dynamics

may 22 '12 at 15:01 John Rennie 44.3k

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Why are there Gravitons among the modes of oscillation in String Theory?

gravity string-theory quantum-gravity string

apr 23 '12 at 11:05 Dilaton 2,461

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