At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

Gloria Chien, Alexander Sitkovetsky & David Requiro play Suk, Kodály, and Smetana. In this episode of String Theory @ Home, pianist Gloria Chien is joined by violin virtuoso, Alexander Sitkovetsky and ...

String theory, conceptualized more than 50 years ago as a framework to explain the formation of matter, remains elusive as a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. String theory captured the hearts and minds of many physicists decades ago because of a beautiful simplicity. Zoom in far enough on a ...

String theory is the best candidate we have for a theory of everything. Bend to its rule and the various tangled theories of conventional physics emerge as part of a sublime, higher-dimensional ...

String theory has long been touted as physicists' best candidate for describing the fundamental nature of the universe, with elementary particles and forces described as vibrations of tiny threads of ...