String theory has long been presented as physicists' best candidate for describing the fundamental nature of the Universe.

Physicists are a step closer to using quantum computers for simulations that are beyond the ability of any ordinary computers ...

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all known ...

String theory began over 50 years ago as a way to understand the strong nuclear force. Since then, it’s grown to become a theory of everything, capable of explaining the nature of every particle ...

Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time that may provide the 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' a new preprint suggests. The model aligns closely with recent dark ...

This is not to say that string theory is likely to become accepted as an overall explanation of subatomic physics anytime soon. Klebanov's team has found a bridge between established physics and a ...

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Opinion Decades later, string theory continues its march toward Einstein’s dream. Why we must keep investigating physics’ most tantalizing theory — even without experimental results.

Gross, a supporter of string theory who won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the force that glues atoms together, kicked off the workshop by asserting that the problem lies not with ...

String theory has also had some success as a tool to study quark-gluon plasmas in energy regimes that are difficult to address using existing theoretical techniques (see “Stringscape”). These two ...