These were eventually unified into superstring theory, which also introduces the concept of additional spatial dimensions beyond the familiar three.Simplify the complex world of string and ...

String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single ...

The final installment of a three-part NOVA series about "String Theory," a new branch of science that seeks to explain nothing less than how the universe works, airs on PBS. Ray Suarez speaks with ...

String theory began over 50 years ago as a way to understand the strong nuclear force. Since then, it’s grown to become a theory of everything, capable of explaining the nature of every particle ...

A team of Purdue University researchers has been awarded a $1 million W.M. Keck Foundation grant to experimentally test an early prediction originated from string theory: An analog of space and time ...