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A University of Portsmouth physicist has explored whether a new law of physics could support the much-debated theory that we are simply characters in an advanced virtual world. The simulated universe ...

As someone who studies materials, Lu Li knows people want to hear about the exciting new applications and technologies his ...

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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, ...

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 ...

Chiara Marletto is trying to build a master theory — a set of ideas so fundamental that all other theories would spring from it. Her first step: Invoke the impossible. They say that in art, ...

It might be possible, physicists say, but not anytime soon. And there’s no guarantee that we humans will understand the result. By Dennis Overbye Once upon a time, Albert Einstein described scientific ...

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