Spacetime itself would also need to be “quantized,” or broken down into constituent parts. This is what the notorious string theory attempts to do, as does loop quantum gravity, currently considered a ...

In a new, detailed breakdown of current theory, a team of physicists led by Mir Faizal of the University of British Columbia ...

Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...

Philosophical-sounding edge cases help scientists refine their models and explore how and where their theories may fail.

There is a glaring gap in our knowledge of the physical world: none of our well-established theories describe gravity’s quantum nature. Yet physicists expect that this quantum nature is essential for ...

then both at the University of California’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, used the AdS/CFT duality to establish a connection between two numbers, one in each theory. One pertains to a ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are ...

Champaign-Urbana art lovers and physics enthusiasts alike gathered at the Link Art Gallery Monday evening to explore physics-themed projects created by students from academic backgrounds across the ...