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

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.

According to string theory, all particles and fundamental forces arise from the vibrational states of tiny strings. For mathematical consistency, these strings vibrate in 10-dimensional spacetime.

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 ...

On the tiny scale of string theory, these limits may make it impossible to point at data and declare, “Right there, that’s a string!” as we can (or can approach) with the Higgs boson .

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 ...

Tests are possible If string theory is correct, fundamental particles of nature would not be the zero-dimensional pointlike objects of standard theory.

How String Theory Solved Math’s Monstrous Moonshine Problem A concept from theoretical physics helped confirm the strange connection between two completely different areas of mathematics ...