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What is diffraction? Is it the dendency of waves to the direction of sunlight around corners?
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Can electromagnetic waves boil you from the inside without leaving any visible scars?
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Is it possible to "ride" gravitational waves for space travel?
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During observations and measurements that follow Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle to be more certain of a particle's momentum or position, is the Wave Function of the particle being measured still conserved or does it collapse?
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How does the wave function describe the physical reality of a quantum system and how does this description integrate with the classical notion of a trajectory defined by a particle's position and velocity?
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If plasma can stop radio waves from entering a spacecraft during reentry, can a radio surrounded by a huge blaze of fire have its radio waves blocked by the Inferno?
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What would happen if light waves had no frequency?
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Two earthquake waves of the same frequency travelled trough the same portion of the earth, but one is carrying 5.0 times the energy. a) What is the ratio of the amplitude of the two waves?
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diyJay
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How does space not contain light? As we know that light is an electromagnetic wave, and if that then the space would be lit by light, but it’s not. Why?
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JoeHoudini
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What is the difference between longitudinal and transverse waves with respect to their propagation speed (in case of sound)?
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Nov 14, 2022
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Which type of wave travels faster: pressure or compressional waves in solids/gases/liquids/air?
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Nov 13, 2022
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JarraMag
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What are gravitational waves? Do all objects with mass radiate them?
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What does it mean when a wave function is time-reversed (in plain English)?
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The Graveyard Walker
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Can a straight line ever be part of a wave or sinusoid or any other curve shape?
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How do quantum effects manifest in the propagation of EM waves?
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What are the gravitational waves caused by a black hole?
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Nov 13, 2022
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Why is the power curve in an AC circuit a sine wave having double the frequency of the voltage?
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Nov 12, 2022
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How did the Phoenicians discover Newton's gravitational constant G, 5000 years ago as an expression of Earth's spin = 86400 sec, claimed by Cavendish as universal constant = G = [(1/2) x (wavelength =7.64/2π)] / [(Air density) (1 day time =86400^2)]?
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Nov 12, 2022
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Alan Cowie
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How do sound or pressure waves travel?
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Nov 12, 2022
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Can electromagnetic (EM) waves be transmitted without using any medium like air or water, etc.? If not, why not?
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