The Debrief

Scientists Successfully Use String Theory to Challenge More Than a Century of Assumptions About Living Systems

Scientists successfully borrow concepts from string theory to explain the network architecture of branching biological systems like neurons ...
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 ...
Nature

Machine Learning in String Theory and Geometry

Recent advances in machine learning have opened transformative avenues for investigating complex problems in string theory and geometry. By integrating sophisticated algorithms with theoretical ...
Astronomy

String theory is not dead yet

String theory attempts to unify all forces and particles in the universe using vibrating strings. It aims to explain the Standard Model of particle physics, which is incomplete. String theory predicts ...
The Conversation

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

Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...
Ars Technica

Requiem for a string: Charting the rise and fall of a theory of everything

String theory began over 50 years ago as a way to understand the strong nuclear force. Since then, it’s grown to become a theory of everything, capable of explaining the nature of every particle, ...