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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 1

1. Mathematics of quantum mechanics
2. Astronomy (Is it possible for a planet to revolve around in a twin planet system?)
3. Rutile Inclusions.
4. whats that down to why something is mirror polished but not smooth?
5. International Year of Crystallography
6. Why does traveling faster than the speed of light make time go backwards?

January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 2

1. Building condemnation
2. What exactly is dilun in the clothing industry?
3. Nucleus of atom
4. Evolution book

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 3

1. How much did the metre become shorter over time?
2. Winding thread evenly onto a spool
3. Food temperature
4. changes in biochemical parameters in urine in case of neurogenic and hypovolemic shock
5. Autocatalytic set -- Formal definition
6. Spidersplosion
7. How Can They Save the Birds?
8. What is that grub like thing that burrows out of a chipmunk when it dies?

January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 4

1. Minimum size that the tongue can feel
2. Using a stainless steel mixing bowl for cooking soup
3. Chemistry atomic orbitals

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 5

1. I can directly control blood flow throughout my body
2. Can fusion ever be a real, competitive power source?

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 6

1. Soft tubing materials?
2. Trinucleotide repeat mutations
3. To know how is the score or grade calculated for natural essential oils.
4. The eyes have it.
5. Meaning of half-integer spin
6. Grrr...squirrels
7. Competition between aldol and Claisen
8. Release static charge from reverse side of glass
9. collapsible pneumatic (i.e. inflatable) rods/poles (as in a tent)

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 7

1. Records of variation in temperature
2. Thermodynamics
3. NASA SDO sun photo
4. Brittle due to cold
5. "Bolingo fruit"

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 8

1. HbA1c
2. Timber bridges
3. Repetitive driving but not Highway hypnosis
4. Text to 90999

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 9

1. Water
2. video of experiment in chemistry
3. help finding articles mentioned on wiki page
4. Science of romantic relationships between ethnic groups

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 10

1. Ships
2. Propagator
3. Film temperature drop
4. bosons z and w much heavier than protons
5. I am interested in becoming a nuclear engineer

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 11

1. Electron spin
2. Mathematics Problems Related to Medical Sciences
3. Burning candle efficiently.

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 12

1. Tooth enamel
2. Speed of an electron's rotation
3. Why does BETA stands for?
4. Foam rollers and floors
5. Acceleration and speed bumps
6. Antonym of Derived (phylogenetics)
7. Marketing and healthy foods psychology

January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 13

1. Internal bleeding results
2. What is the difference between VDRL test to treponoma test?
3. Hyperkalemia in case of putting surgical tourniquet strongly
4. sub machine gun

January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 14

1. Spacetime or Timespace?
2. Postulation of Even F-number
3. Pulse vs heart rate
4. i have a few questions but ifirst need someone to talk to me about dreams or dreaming
5. College student behaviour.

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 15

1. Is there any antibodies or antigens which be inherited by genes?
2. Ampere vs. Coulomb
3. What is the scientific basis for the claim that studying individually is better than studying in a group?

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 16

1. science behind makara jyothi
2. Books like "Summa Technologiae"
3. Extrapolation of energy components and the end of scarcity
4. Animal mating
5. Marking of university exams
6. Microwaveable meal storage
7. Delaying heat-death by pausing stars?

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 17

1. Is celiac disease a genetic disorder
2. Food capsules of the future?
3. Blonde pubic hair and eyebrows
4. The Movie Gravity.
5. Eating when not hungry
6. Second-order differential equation in Simple Harmonic Motion
7. How do people have sex in "impossible sex positions"?
8. How to calculate probability of a complex system

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 18

1. Brain death and life support
2. Powder beetle bite humans.
3. Silicone Casting

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 19

1. Bleach
2. Organic livestock more humane?
3. Damaged molecules?
4. Metric expansion of space
5. Situations where a law change allowed researchers to gather useful data due to before/after comparisons?

January 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 20

1. How do resistors suppress RF interference?
2. Wavelength of electromagnetic radiations emitted by different excited lead isotopes
3. Food chemistry, eggs, milk, and salt
4. Foo yung
5. Rubbing Alcohol

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 21

1. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 21#|]]
2. Old French mechanical signals
3. what is the difference between chemistry and biochemistry in the blood test
4. Identify this animal
5. "Alabama Rot" in the UK
6. Metric expansion of space 2
7. Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 22

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 21

1. Old French mechanical signals
2. what is the difference between chemistry and biochemistry in the blood test
3. Identify this animal
4. "Alabama Rot" in the UK
5. Metric expansion of space 2
6. Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 22

1. Is this right? (Order of reactants)
2. Polar Bears
3. Elephants
4. Lorentz transformation and Ampere's law
5. What is Abrogation?

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 23

1. New abiogenesis theory - needs some explanation.
2. Identify object please

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 24

1. Interplanetary travel
2. mermaid morphology
3. Human brain question.
4. O2 arena london structural engineering
5. Science of steaming food
6. Fingers versus thumbs
7. Red tomatos that are green inside

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 25

1. Gravity wells
2. TrES-2b: Gas giant without clouds?
3. Converting motor to generator
4. BCAAs positive or negative affect on health
5. Carat

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 26

1. What animals have sense of overeating, and what animals don't?
2. Which is brighter, the Moon or Venus?
3. Surround sound for two ears
4. Fish oil's half life
5. Washing away a flu
6. Vinyl record pre and post echo
7. Abandonment of wild rabbit burrows
8. Staples on trees

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 27

1. Difference
2. Kriegslok
3. download offline medical division content only
4. Mixing powdered cinnamon into water

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 28

1. Stereo sound from one ear bud
2. Finding milliamps of electric batteries (Ni-Cad) used in portable drills (such as a Black/Decker 12 volt unit from Lowes)
3. F-102 safety record
4. Wood burning stove/ Creosote build-up
5. Cold hands feeling like they're pulsating

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 29

1. Danny DeVito health problem
2. Preferred format for Gene Wiki articles
3. Bed rest
4. Sequence
5. Organic compounds

January 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 30

1. Standing water in my workshop not freezing at below 32 degrees
2. Delta Dagger, cont'd
3. Reusing turpentine substitute
4. using ENCODE
5. Does a colder freezer make ice faster?

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 January 31

1. Valproic acid as a way to a musical talent.
2. Nuclear fuel and skin
3. RGB colour model
4. Effects of long, long term exposure to radiation on human body/skeleton
5. Center of mass of the sun-earth system
6. Calories in medicinal clay
7. Orbitally Rearranged Monatomic Elements