Quantum field theory marries the ideas of other quantum theories to depict all particles as “excitations” that arise in underlying fields. The British physicist Paul Dirac started the ball rolling in ...

Just as nuclear power generation uses uranium fission to boil hot water to generate electricity, cutting-edge technology is also an extension of ancient theory and technology. Nicole Junger Halpan, a ...

A theoretical study suggests that gravity could have quantum effects without itself being a quantum theory. Other researchers ...

Unifying gravity and quantum theory remains a significant goal in modern physics. Despite the success in unifying all other ...

Figure 1: A deep-learning technique known as generative diffusion is used to generate new clear images in image processing. RIKEN-led research has now shown that a similar technique can be applied to ...

Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...

Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether in a physics class, in the lab, or in popular science writing, is left ...

When it comes to topics about the universe, often "String theoryI hear the word "what is that substance" is not well known. A movie that explains such 'string theory' is published on YouTube. Because ...