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String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply related to one another. The forces are linked by so-called dualities: the ...

Researchers have used metamathematical techniques to show that certain theorems that look superficially distinct are in fact ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called “Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?” Hawking, who later became my ...

Beijing research institute has become a magnet for global talent, drawing Fields medallists, quantum physicists and others ...

It is something like the "Holy Grail" of physics: unifying particle physics and gravitation. The world of tiny particles is ...

For more than a century, physicists have suspected that the familiar three dimensions of space and one of time might be only ...

A new mathematical model of a wormhole suggests that two black holes can be “cut and pasted.” Cut and paste is an official ...

It is something like the "Holy Grail" of physics: unifying particle physics and gravitation. The world of tiny particles is described extremely well ...

Quantum theory fails to explain how the reality we experience emerges from the world of particles. A new take on quantum ...

Bimsa in China's Beijing, once a cement factory, has quickly become a global centre for mathematics, drawing top researchers ...

Topology has real implications in the world. For example, topological techniques can be brought to bear on calculating the trajectories of spacecraft, and missions have been saved by the efforts of ...