| Cartoon Laws of Physics [Digg] | | 2008-08-22 16:28:19 | | Cartoon Law IAny body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation. Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting further pastureland. He loiters in midair, soliloquizing flippantly, until he chances to look down. At this point, the familiar principle of 32 feet per second squared takes over. | | By: Stupid Tips | | |
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| Cartoon Laws of Physics | | 2008-08-21 12:40:01 | | Cartoon Law IAny body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation. Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting further pastureland. He loiters in midair, soliloquizing flippantly, until he chances to look down. At this point, the familiar principle of 32 feet per second squared takes over. Exception: This does not apply to cool characters who've never studied law. Appendum: Any species capable of flight, upon distraction of vertigo, will lose ability of flight. Conversely, any two feathers held in each hand and waved will (temporarily) give flight to any character that does so. Cartoon Law IIAny body in motion will tend to remain in motion until solid matter intervenes suddenly. Whether shot from a cannon or in hot pursuit on foot, cartoon characters are so absolute in their momentum that only a telephone pole or an outsize boulder retards their forward motion absolutely. Sir Isaac Newton called this sudden termination of motion the stooge's surcease. Cartoon | | By: Stupid Tips | | |
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| Tutorials | AS3, Maths and Physics | | 2008-06-26 18:38:35 | | I have just stumbled in this great site, whose the author is Drew Cummins. This guy it seems to be a genius of the physics and maths. I picked up two tutorials he wrote on about using the FOAM and another simple as3 and physics. Keep an eye on his blog, because it’s really good.
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| PhD student Experimental Physics (2 x 2 years) | | 2008-05-12 00:49:00 | | Within the Institute for Materials Research (IMO) of Hasselt University, the following position (m/f) is available:
PhD student Experimental Physics (2 x 2 years)
(mandate WNI/2008/014)
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| To-do list: Physics | | 2008-05-11 21:21:55 | | 1. Sleep more. Starting right about now would be good.
2. Memorize lots and lots of formulas.
3. Lots and lots and lots. But! Don’t forget about the conceptual stuff too.
4. Be intelligent when it comes to estimating answers without a calculator on the multiple choice section. If you carefully logic your way [...] | | By: Circadian Rhythms | | |
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| The Physics Of The Impossible | | 2008-04-03 02:55:00 | | "The Physics Of The Impossible" - an interesting title, isn't it? Any idea what is it? It's a book that was created by Kaku, a professor at the City University of New York. He had created a stir in Britain as he released that book. Kaku believes in Teleportation, Time Travel, Telepathy, Invisibility, and more. (The image on the right is NASA's artist illustration of a spaceship which enters a wormhole.)Here's a overview of who Kaku really is:Kaku, one of the earliest proponents of string theory, still a contentious issue among physicists, divides the most common science-fiction tropes, or "impossibilities," into three categories — possible soon, possible in the far future and really, truly impossible.Category 1, as he dubs it, includes things that may become true within the next century, if not the next few decades: teleportation (already possible, but only among subatomic particles); telepathy (thanks to brain implants); invisibility (already being researched using light-bending 'm | | By: The Blogger and The Blog | | |
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| 'Spookiness' of quantum physics clarified by loopy photons | | 2008-03-19 07:53:15 | | Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (NIST/University of Maryland) have developed a new method for creating pairs of entangled photons, particles of light whose properties are interlinked in a very unusual way dictated by the rules of quantum physics. The researchers used the photons to test fundamental concepts in quantum theory.
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| Scholarships in Physics, Astronomy, and Maths - UK | | 2008-03-16 13:48:00 | | Faculty of Science and Technology University of Central Lancashire UK are able to offer a number of scholarships to help you through your studies and made duty-free. All scholarships are obviously subject to a student continues to study on a course qualify for University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).
Institute of Physics Bursary
The Institute of Physics (IoP - the world organization of | | By: International Scholarships | | |
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| Phun: The 2D Physics Sandbox | | 2008-03-15 00:49:57 | | From the Phun website: Phun is meant to be a playground where people can be creative. It can also be used as an educational tool to learn about physics concepts such as restitution and friction.Some people have made amazing things with this cool little piece of software. Of course there is the opening video on the Phun site itself:There is also a user group on YouTube which contains even more videos with stuff that users created:http://www.youtube.com/group/phunMy personal favorites:The helicopt | | By: NeoLurker com - Lurking the Web! | | |
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| Crayon Physics Deluxe - Game Demo | | 2008-03-03 13:37:51 | |
Crayon Physics Deluxe is a cool 2D interactive game, and winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 2008 Independent Games Festival.
Built on a Box2D Physics Engine, the game requires you to draw simple geometric shapes to solve its puzzles. The objects thus drawn, follow the basic laws of physics and shape the course of the game.
The game is a sequel to the original Crayon Physics game, which is available as a free download at the creator’s site.
Though the original game is, according to the game maker, "a quick and ugly prototype," I really had a ton of fun playing it.
Link to the site. Download the original game here.
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| VARENNA COURSES 2008 - International School of Physics ''Enrico Ferm | | 2008-02-18 09:07:00 | | We would like to inform you that the official announcement of the Courses 2008 of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" (Varenna, Lake Como, Italy) is available at: www.sif.it/SIF/ en/portal/ activities/ fermi_school/ mmviii_en.
The Courses are:
1st Course (CLXX)
MEASUREMENTS OF NEUTRINO MASS
June 17th - 27th 2008
Directors: F. Ferroni (Universita di Roma "La Sapienza"), F. Vissani | | By: 10 Academic Resources Daily | | |
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| PhD Position in Mathematics, Physics or Computer Science | | 2008-02-17 03:56:00 | | PhD Position [3 years; background in Mathematics, Physics or Computer Science; strong interest in Medicine; research in the field of MRI imaging] / University of Lübeck
Correction of Susceptibility caused Distortions in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the University of Luebeck (Germany), we offer a PhD position for research in the field of MRI imaging. The project is part of the | | By: 10 Academic Resources Daily | | |
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| Legos, The Internet and Physics | | 2008-01-30 19:29:34 | | Yarmouth - Scientific thinking combining problem solving, math, physics, the Internet and Legos produces directed, creative learning in Kris Hansen’s Robotics I class at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. At the close of a semester-long course, members of the all-male class have created, individually and in groups, a robotic hand, forklift, flying machine and tank, to [...] | | By: Robotics Technology | | |
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| Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme | | 2008-01-30 14:43:59 | | Some classification news.The 2008 edition of the AIP's Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS)--an essential tool for classification and efficient retrieval of scientific literature--has been released. PACS, used by AIP and other international publishers, is a hierarchical subject classification scheme, comprised of ten broad subject categories subdivided into narrower categories. For PACS 2008, five categories received extensive revisions based on the contributions of experts from the physics community.We have also prepared a Special Edition of PACS, which contains embedded mapping instructions for transforming the deleted 2006 PACS codes into the new 2008 codes.Free downloads. | | By: Catalogablog | | |
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| Electric Fields - Physics- MCAT | | 2008-01-13 14:56:59 | | I think I will tackle the question on electric fields, electric potential and work done in an electric field in parts. First, I will discuss electric fields.
What is an electric field? Imagine you have a positive point charge and place a test positive charge in its vicinity. Coulomb’s law tells us that there is repulsion [...] | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Neurotransmission from a Physics Perspective | | 2008-01-09 14:37:17 | | QofQuimica: You may recall from your neurobiology lessons that the axons of neurons are myelinated, and that myelin speeds the transmission of action potentials. However, you may not have ever thought about why this is true. This post explains an application of neurotransmission concepts to biology (cell membranes). So for all of you who are [...] | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Conversion units - Physics MCAT | | 2008-01-08 14:35:16 | | Some people still have problems converting cm^3 and mm^3 to m^3 for problems such as density and volume.
1) When converting from cm^3 to m^3 move 6 decimal places to the left. For example if the volume of a box is 120 cm^3, then converting it, we will get .000120 m^3 or 1.2 x 10^-4 m^3
2) [...] | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Physics - I keep messing up my conversion factors! - MCAT | | 2008-01-06 07:21:03 | | The only conversion you will have to do is of prefixes, e.g., micro-whatsis to kilo-whatsis. No kilograms to slugs, or liters to hogsheads, or meters to chains, or…
For those who have trouble converting units, I suggest the following method:
First, forget the conversion factors listed in whatever reference material you’re using. They’re correct, of course, but [...] | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Physics Equations “Light and Optics” MCAT | | 2008-01-02 07:10:18 | | Light and Optics
Index of refraction
n = c/v
**Compares the speed of light in a vacuum with the speed of light through a given medium**
angle of refraction — Snell’s Law
n1sin(theta) = n2sin(theta)
E = hf
**this equation shows the higher the freqeuncies of light have more energy** | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Physics Equations “circuits” MCAT | | 2008-01-01 07:04:49 | | circuits
Voltage = IR (Ohm’s Law)
R = resistance
I = current
Capacitance = Q / V Q = CV
Q = charge
V = voltage
**Capacitance is the ability to store charge per unit voltage**
The energy stored within a capacitor can be found using these equations:
U = .5(QV)
U = .5(C)(V^2)
U [...] | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Physics Equations “Electricity” MCAT | | 2007-12-31 07:02:26 | | Electricity
F = (k)(q1)(q2) / ( r^2)
**Coulomb’s Law — remember that opposite charges attract each other and like charges repel each other**
Electric Field’s due to a point charge
The electric field that exists at a point in space is the electrostatic force felt by a test charge at the point divided by the charge itself
E = (force) [...] | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Physics Research | | 2007-12-30 07:54:00 | | New AircraftDoppler EffectNewAtomicModelNew Compton EffectNew Doppler EffectEnergy | | By: dynamics | | |
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| Physics Equations “Waves” Mcat | | 2007-12-30 06:58:41 | | Waves
V(wave) = (frequency)(wavelength)
**frequency is measured in hertz or cycles/second**
The period of a wave is the time required for one up and down cycle: On an x-axis of time, it is the point from any point of the wave function, to that exact point where the wave function has repeated itself
**T = (1/frequency)**
Intensity
Is measured in decibels [...] | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Physics Equations “Solids” - MCAT | | 2007-12-29 06:57:22 | | Solids — Included for completeness; DO NOT LEARN THESE! [according to Shrike]
Stress = (Force) / (area) — Stress is what is done to an object
**The maximum stress applied to an object that allows the object to regain its original dimensions is called the yield point — beyond this point, an object will not regain its [...] | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Physics equations - MCAT | | 2007-12-28 06:51:05 | | These are some common Physics equations that will probably need to be memorized and understood for the MCAT
vectors
Pythagorean Theorem: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
**Remember the common 3-4-5 and 5-12-13 triangles**
sin(theta) = (opposite / hypotenuse)
cos(theta) = (adjacent / hypotenuse)
tan(theta) = (opposite / adjacent)
Distance, Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
Displacement d = change in position
Speed = (distance) / (time)
Velocity [...] | | By: Toefl,Gre,Sat,Mcat,Ielts resources | | |
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| Eight PhD Studentship in Physics at The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance | | 2007-12-08 15:21:23 | | Deadline : 31 January 2008Job SummaryThe alliance brings together internationally leading physics research across Scotland to form the largest physics grouping in the UK. Major research themes being pursued are astronomy, condensed matter and materials physics, nuclear and plasma physics, elementary particles, photonics and physics and life sciences.Job DescriptionThe Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) is offering up to 8 fully funded PhD studentships for outstanding students from anywhere in the world.These prestigious and competitive awards are intended to attract outstanding students to study for a PhD in Scotland. Applicants will be registered for a PhD in physics at one of the participating Universities namely Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Glasgow, Paisley, St Andrews and Strathclyde.An excellent training environment will be provided by the SUPA Graduate School, giving candidates access to a wide range of courses across Scotland. The online SUPA Prize Studentship is looking t | | By: American scholarship Information | | |
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| Crayon Physics for Tablet PCs | | 2007-11-23 11:27:20 | | Sweet! I wish I would have a tablet PC .. well any PC at all would do, I am still having problems and tomorrow it will go to the irish repair shop (nervous).
Anyway the game can be download here for free (I think): Crayon Physics
[via: Bildschirmarbeiter]
Xmas 2007: Looking for Gift Ideas? | | By: Random Good Stuff | | |
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| “But why are you taking Physics?” | | 2007-11-17 18:43:04 | | Answer: for the badly written manual problems.
(Also we don’t have super-hard tests or quizzes every day. And I’m actually interested in physics, as opposed to chemistry or biology. And dealing with a horrible teacher… builds character. Or something like that.)
I’m not even going to bother ranting about the notebook check (oh the [...] | | By: Circadian Rhythms | | |
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| Art In Game Play With Crayon Physics | | 2007-11-16 14:11:17 | | I just found the coolest little freeware game, Crayon Physics. Basically you are given a visual problem, and you solve it by drawing. So cool! The creator, Koonigames, is about to release a new version, Crayon Physics Deluxe, with tons of levels and many more shapes and actions to draw. | | By: CCA Confidential | | |
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| Giant Magneto Resistance--- Wins Physics Noble Prize for 2007 | | 2007-10-09 15:52:00 | | The 2007 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg for simultaneously and independently discovering Giant magneto resistance. This property has allowed the explosion of disk-space growth and is cited as being one of the first nano-technology breakthroughs.Magnetoresistance is the property of a material to change the value of its electrical resistance when an external magnetic field is applied to it. The effect was first discovered by William Thomson in 1856.The magnetoresistance of conventional materials is quite small; but materials with large magnetoresistance have been synthesized now. Depending on the magnitude, it is called either as Giant magnetoresistance(GMR) or Colossal magnetoresistance(CMR). Magnetoresistance has aroused great interest recently because of possible application in devices such as read/write heads in computer discs and in sensors.Colossal Magnetoresistance has been predominantly discovered in manganese-based perovskite oxides. This arises because of strong mutual coupling of spin, charge and lattice degrees of freedom. Hence not only high temperature superconductivity, but also new magnetoelectronic properties are increasingly discovered in materials with perovskite structures. GMR involves structures consisting of very thin layers of different magnetic materials.The technology has allowed hard disk sensors to read and write much more dataThe information is retrieved by a read-out head that scans the disk and registers the magnetic changes. The smaller and more compact the hard disk, the smaller and weaker the individual magnetic areas. More sensitive read-out heads are therefore needed when more information is crammed on to a hard disk.hard drives in computers, iPods and other digital devices. A computer hard-disk reader that uses a GMR sensor is equivalent to a jet flying at a speed of 30,000 kmph, at a height of just one metre above the ground, and yet being able to see and catalogue every single blade of g | | By: Science & Technology Today | | |
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| The HSBC and Institute of Physics Award for the Very Early Career Woman Physicist of the Year | | 2007-10-08 14:13:00 | | The Women in Physics Group invites applications from women at the start of their careers in physics who have made a substantial contribution to the subject and may also have undertaken activities to support and encourage others in the field. The prize is awarded annually to a woman who is within three years of completing her undergraduate degree in physics and who is either working as a physicist or is engaged in postgraduate study | | By: Mums in Science | | |
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| Physics | | 2007-10-06 10:58:00 | | N e w A i r c r a f tDoppler EffectAtomicModel Compton Energy Dopplercyclotron Picture Archive SegnaloMore Cars PhotosSegnaloSegnaloSegnaloSegnaloSegnaloSegnaloSegnaloSegnaloSegnaloSegnalo | | By: dynamics | | |
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| Methods of Statistical Physics | | 2007-08-16 21:56:00 | | Author: Tomoyasu Tanaka Paperback: 308 pagesPublisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (September 2002)Language: EnglishISBN: 0521589584(R)This text by one of the originators of the cluster variation method of statistical mechanics is aimed at second- and third-year graduate students studying such topics as the theory of complex analysis, classical mechanics, classical electrodynamics, and quantum mechanics. The central theme is that, given the Hamiltonian for a system, it is possible to calculate the thermodynamics correlation function, either numerically or through the use of infinite series. The book is self-contained, with all required mathematics included either in the text or in Appendixes. The text includes many exercises designed for self-study. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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| An Interesting “Physics of Baseball” Video | | 2007-07-10 21:21:59 | | KQED, a Bay Area public television station, has produced a nice video overview of the basic physics involved in pitching and hitting. With help from the UC-Berkeley baseball team and staff, physicists from the San Francisco Exploratorium demonstrate just how a curveball curves over the plate and how the sweet spot on the bat hits [...] | | By: The Pastime | | |
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| Teleology and ID in physics, ID-inspired least action principles | | 2007-06-26 19:03:05 | | Teleology has been completely rejected by evolutionary biologists. This rejection is unfortunate, because, teleology is alive and well in physics Frank Tipler, > World Renowned Cosmologist on Sci Phi Show! Much of the discussion of ID has been in more >>
Warm up tests are for wimps CERN's new particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, will start up in May 2008, the facility's director general announced on Friday last week. more >>
> > The moon, imaged by the Galileo spacecraft during its journey to Jupiter. Image credit: USGS > Click to enlarge NASA announced that it has selected 7 new experiments that might be carried to the Moon as part of the Vision for Space Exploration. Each more >>
David Attenborough speaks to James Randerson about our moral duty to tackle climate change. more >>
The NY Times has pulled out all the stops today and has dedicated their entire science section to the subject of evolution . They've got pieces by some | | By: Doktertomi.com | | |
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| Postdoc Physics | | 2007-05-27 10:00:00 | | Experimental project in the research group of Professor Christopher Foot in the Sub-Department of Atomic and Laser Physics. The project involves developing techniques used for direct quantum simulation using cold atoms in optical lattices, in particular using rotating two-dimensional lattices to create ‘artificial’ magnetic fields.The work is supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) through the EuroQUAM programme Duration - 12 months in the first instance. | | By: Mums in Science | | |
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| Physics Centered Games | | 2006-10-17 18:01:00 | | No time to blog at all! So just to say I posted something here, I recommend you to take a look at this post from Soldat Movies: Physics Centered Games. It's a list of links to games somehow related with physics. A lot of games to waste your time!I'll come back with more game reviews as soon as I manage to finish all the pending tasks that are hunting me right now :)Cheers..
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