True, it could offer a framework for the unification of quantum mechanics and ... unduly dominating theoretical physics research deserves inspection. String theory is bound to attract young ...

Together, they are finding common ground, where string theory can be applied to the physics of quark–gluon ... of quark and gluon interactions is quantum chromodynamics, or QCD.

string theory remains a hopeful candidate for putting all the pieces of the cosmic puzzle together. If it works out, ...

Muhammed Hamza Waseem explains how he’s using education and outreach to make his research on quantum computing more ...

While some attempts to give string theory predictive power are underway, many physicists are looking elsewhere. Whether in the form of loop quantum gravity ... find new physics beyond the standard ...

This has been an active area of theoretical physics since the 1930s ... From the mid-1980s, string theory set up a possible framework to approach quantum gravity using a 'top-down' approach.

Peter Badge / Typos1 / The Abel Prize. This year, the Abel Prize — the field’s highest honor — has been awarded to Masaki ...