A century since Werner Heisenberg changed the course of physics, five of the world's leading physicists examine the greatest ...

Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time that may provide the 'first observational evidence supporting string ...

"The singularity is the most mysterious and problematic part of a black hole. It's where our concepts of space and time ...

Researchers say they may have achieved Einstein's vision of a "unified field theory" that can unite two of nature's ...

During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations. String ...

More information: Alessio Rocci et al, The quantum theory of gravitation, effective field theories, and strings: yesterday and today, The European Physical Journal H (2024). DOI: 10.1140/epjh ...

Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal or an end. Today, it is commonly asserted that ...

The problems of gravity and acceleration would not go away. After thinking about the problems for 10 years, he published the general theory of relativity. In it, he suggested that gravity is not a ...

A variation on the theory of quantum gravity — the unification of quantum mechanics and Einstein's general relativity — could ...

In the vast universe, galaxies rotate in ways that don’t make sense if only visible matter is considered. For almost a ...

A new theory links gravity to quantum entropy and introduces the G-field, possibly explaining dark matter and cosmic ...

Understanding gravity's influence on qubits reveals challenges in decoherence and potential for new quantum technologies and precision sensing applications.