String theory has long been touted as physicists' best candidate for describing the fundamental nature of the universe, with ...

String theory was discovered by accident! In 1969, Italian physicist Gabriele Veneziano wrote down a formula describing the scattering of four strings, the now-famous Veneziano amplitude.

They were not even looking for a novel pi equation. Rather, these two string theorists were working on a unifying theory of fundamental forces, one that could reconcile electromagnetism ...

For decades now, many physicists have pursued the hope that equations involving an especially tiny “string” could provide the theory that solves nature’s ultimate subatomic mysteries.

the same formula that describes string scattering. The study reveals another interesting framework that hints towards the ...

which turned out to be the Veneziano amplitude — a formula originally derived to describe string scattering. This discovery strongly indicates that string theory meets the most essential criteria for ...

It’s easy enough to write down the fundamental governing equations that describe an interaction, but the math tends to blow up when we actually try to use it. In string theory, fundamental ...

String theory’s equations require that the universe has extra dimensions beyond the three of everyday experience—left/right, back/forth and up/down. Taking the math to heart, researchers ...

For decades now, many physicists have pursued the hope that equations involving an especially tiny “string” could provide the theory that solves nature’s ultimate subatomic mysteries. Yet during the ...