On national security, spending and oversight, President Trump continues to trample Congress’s power. Republicans in charge ...

In an attempt to explain business cycles, Milton Friedman came up with a plucked-string analogy. Like all Monetarist theories, however, this also had fatal ...

During the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, fans will have the opportunity to compete in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs™ Grid Challenge Presented by Goodyear on their own or as part of a created ...

Electricity flows through wires to deliver power, but it loses energy as it moves, delivering less than it started with. But that energy loss isn't a given. Scientists at Penn State have found a new ...

Quantum physics is often described as the most successful scientific framework in history. In its 100 years of existence, it has explained everything from the periodic table of the elements to how ...

String theory—the idea that particles are not point-like, but instead one-dimensional strings—is a popular theoretical framework that attempts to combine general relativity and quantum field theory ...

Springfield, MO emo band TRSH released a killer new single called “I Really Am Feeling Better” earlier this year, and now they’ve announced a new album, String Theory, due September 19 via Wax Bodega ...

Physicists claim they may have found a long-awaited explanation for dark energy, the mysterious force that's driving the accelerated expansion of the universe, a new preprint study hints. Their ...

Scientists propose a bold test of string theory by identifying a hypothetical five-particle family, called a 5-plet, that string theory cannot produce. If such a particle were found at the LHC, it ...

During the 20th century, physicists introduced and refined string theory, a theoretical framework that promised to unite quantum mechanics and general relativity. Instead of point-like particles, ...