CHAPTERS 0:00 What we see vs. possible hidden reality 2:06 What is a dimension? 3:22 Isn't time a dimension? 5:20 The strange ...

A trapped-ion quantum simulator has captured the real-time unraveling of a confining string, revealing that charge pairs form ...

A quantum simulator has given physicists a new look at one of the strangest ...

An international team led by Innsbruck quantum physicist Peter Zoller, together with the US company QuEra Computing, has directly observed a gauge field theory similar to models from particle physics ...

In quantum field theory, spontaneous particle formation can occur when the potential energy between two elementary particles increases with their separation, as if they were confined by a string. When ...

Recent research shows that gravity and quantum information are deeply connected and that the shape of spacetime can be traced back to the way information is stored in quantum fields. Einstein's theory ...

Researchers say they may have taken a significant step toward explaining the origin of gravity. SHARJAH, EMIRATE OF ...

Scientists seeking the secrets of the universe would like to make a model that shows how all of nature's forces and particles fit together. It would be nice to do it with Legos. But perhaps a better ...

The odds of the bet Jonathan Oppenheim made in 2023 are generous, even at 5000 to 1. But if he wins, it could transform our view of the universe. The physicist is wagering that space-time, and ...

In light of the recent criticisms of string theory, preeminent physicist Juan Maldacena sheds light on the promise of string theory and how it fits into our current understanding of the universe. In ...

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 ...

String field theory is a second-quantised framework that recasts the perturbative dynamics of strings in terms of field-theoretic variables on the space of string configurations. By organising ...