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This Fungus Eats Radioactive Waste
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Physics
Energy, motion, light and the laws underneath them, explained with everyday examples instead of equation walls.
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Physics has a reputation problem: people remember the equations and forget that every one of them describes something you can watch happen. A pendulum keeping time, a bike pump warming under your hand, a rainbow sorting sunlight by wavelength. The articles on this shelf start from the phenomenon and work back to the law, because that is the order in which physics actually makes sense.
The territory runs from motion and energy through electricity, magnetism, waves and light to the modern corners: quantum mechanics for people who want the honest version without the mysticism, and nuclear physics explained plainly enough to be useful. Along the way the misconceptions get named and corrected, including the famous ones about falling objects, vacuums and what "cold" actually is.
Browse the featured guides above for the visual references, like the color spectrum chart, or dive into the list for a specific law, effect or unit conversion. Wherever numbers appear they carry their units, because in physics a number without a unit is just a mood.
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Pros, Cons, and Applications of the Peltier Effect Explained
The Peltier effect is an important phenomenon in the study of thermoelectric cooling and heating. For a better understanding, click here for a brief explanation of the Peltier effect.
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Monochromatic Mystery: Are Black and White Considered as Colors?
Is black a color, or just the absence of color? Is white a color or the lack thereof? Can black and white be considered as colors? If not, then what are they? Phew, too many questions and lot of confusion, isn’t it? You will get all the answers in this ScienceStruck article.
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Properties and Uses of a Bar Magnet
While magnets can be found in many types and forms, bar magnets are always rectangular in shape. In this article, we shall take a look at the specific characteristics and traits that are displayed by these magnets, and study the various applications for which they can be used.
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