String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single ...

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains why he thinks string theory is the best way to understand how the universe works.

String theory - a simple way to understand the universe Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains why he thinks string theory is the best way to understand how the universe works.

String theory, simultaneously one of the most promising and controversial ideas in modern physics, may be more capable of helping probe the inner workings of subatomic particles than was previously ...

The final installment of a three-part NOVA series about "String Theory," a new branch of science that seeks to explain nothing less than how the universe works, airs on PBS. Ray Suarez speaks with ...

One aspect of string theory that riles many is that many versions of it require the universe to contain more than the three dimensions of space and one of time that we are familiar with.

String theory is a potential “theory of everything”, uniting all matter and forces in a single theoretical framework, which describes the fundamental level of the universe in terms of vibrating ...

Mathematicians are exploring a string duality between F-theory and heterotic string theory in eight dimensions.

The invisible string theory went viral on TikTok in 2023, but has been around for years. Here’s everything to know about the invisible string theory.

Alongside string theory’s explanation of the generation of subatomic particles is another idea often found in science-fiction novels: the concept of extra dimensions.