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This new approach to string theory could finally explain our Universe

String theory has long been presented as physicists' best candidate for describing the fundamental nature of the Universe. Yet, at the beginning of the 21st century, it became apparent that most ...
Quanta Magazine

Are Strings Still Our Best Hope for a Theory of Everything?

Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the “forever war” over whether string theory can describe the ...

Our Universe Has Hidden Dimensions, Scientist Claims—And They’re Close Enough to Touch

Should the universe “choose” braneworld, it could mean that your senses (which perceive fewer dimensions) are keeping you ...
Scientific American

Black Holes May Be ‘Supermazes’ of Many-Dimensional Strings

Black holes, the densest objects in the universe, eat up anything that comes too close, even light. Is there anything left inside these behemoths that could reveal what they devoured in the first ...
The Conversation

String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...