The basic physics of how this would work is that the tungsten cloud would be placed at a slightly higher altitude than the small debris.

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But such imaginative violations of the basic laws of physics no longer stand up to scrutiny.

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As the precipitation intensified and the low pressure system became more intense, basic physics said more cooling was on the way.

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Basic physics dictates that the first method is impossible without the use of heavy pharmaceutical aids, which is not encouraged.

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The court heard after his arrest Mr McCormick said he had been using basic high school physics to devise a mock version of the detector which worked.

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The basic mechanisms at work have been known for decades but the so-called "micro-physics" are poorly understood.

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With a little experimentation (and rethinking of basic physics), Friend discovered that the theoretical barrier was an illusion.

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"It's basic physics" he shouts when discussing the issue of weight distribution.

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The basic technology comes from Hendrik Monkhorst of the University of Florida and Norman Rostoker, a professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at University California Irvine that has been working in plasma physics for years.

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In a preliminary version of the demo, Famo.us physics engineer David Valdman showed me a representation of collections of balls with some basic physics attached to them.

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