String theory: Scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...
Nature

Field Theory and String Theory

Quantum field theory (QFT) remains the cornerstone of our understanding of particle interactions, unifying the principles of quantum mechanics with special relativity by describing particles as ...
Wired

Does String Theory Actually Describe the World? AI May Be Able to Tell

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 ...
New Scientist

Why string theory has been unfairly maligned - and how to test it

WHEN Joseph Conlon was an undergraduate in the early 2000s, he avoided popular science accounts of string theory because he wanted to engage with it on a technical level, without preconceptions. It ...
Purdue University

Director of the Center for String and Particle Theory to prove why ‘Math is Key’

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The recent detection of gravitational waves - about 100 years after Albert Einstein theorized them - shook the science world. It has the planet talking, from casual science fans ...