For decades now, many physicists have pursued the hope that equations involving an especially tiny "string" could provide the theory that solves nature's ultimate subatomic mysteries. String ...

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.

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His contributions to string theory have been myriad, including the time in 1995 when he gave the then somewhat moribund field a much-needed boost by showing how the five different variations of ...

After writing a 400-page book on string theory and then helping NOVA translate that book into a three-hour documentary, would Brian Greene, we wondered, have anything more to say about string theory?

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains why he thinks string theory is the best way to understand how the universe works. The Talking Movies presenter on his predictions for the Academy Awards ...

There's no better time than now to catch up on your reading, and if you're a tennis fan, look no farther than String Theory: David Foster Wallace On Tennis. For tennis aficionados everywhere ...

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Together, they are finding common ground, where string theory can be applied to the physics of quark–gluon plasma. High-energy accelerators usually collide particles such as electrons or protons ...

String Theory at the Hunter, in partnership with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will present a performance on Tuesday, March 4, at 6:30 p.m. Featuring renowned cellist Paul ...

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