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In search of a united scientific theory, a new quantum gravity paper might have proposed an interesting aspect that made the ...

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Physicists explore whether the universe hides extra dimensions. These tiny, curled-up or warped dimensions could explain ...

When we think creatively, produce novel ideas, or otherwise have “Eureka” moments, we may actually unlock access to a ...

Physicists of the 19th century assumed that space was distinct from time – and two researchers now suspect they were correct to do so. Their conclusion, which comes from considering the behaviour of ...

In modern physics, the Higgs boson is famous for giving particles their mass. But a new study suggests an entirely different ...

Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important role in both math and physics.