Configurations of intersecting D6-branes in type IIA superstring theory define string models of particle physics that reproduce the full spectrum of gauge bosons and chiral fermions of the Standard ...

String Theory comprises two volumes which give a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 1, first published in 1998, provides a thorough introduction to the bosonic string. The ...

String theory proclaims otherwise. According to string theory, if we could examine these particles with even greater precision—a precision many orders of magnitude beyond our present ...

String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single mathematical framework capable of describing the entirety of the known universe.

Last night at the 87th Academy Awards, Eddie Redmayne won the Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

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String theory has had an impact on modern mathematics ... seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various types—chemists and physicists and biologists and such—and we ...

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains why he thinks string theory is the best way to understand how the universe works. Two voice-over artists were listening to a podcast when they heard ...

String theory claims that what we call particles—the point-like entities that wander freely, interact, and bind together to ...

New research suggests that black holes may actually be "frozen stars," bizarre quantum objects that lack a singularity and an ...

“I think of myself as a seer”, writes Lee Smolin in this no-holds-barred attack on the science and sociology of string theory. “Why are string theorists not seers?” In my opinion, toe ...