Albert Einstein’s work so revolutionized physics that it is difficult to discuss him without slipping into hagiography. Indeed, his brilliance is so storied that his surname has become synonymous with ...

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A unified Theory Of Everything is the holy grail of physics, but gravity refuses to play ball. A newly proposed theory attempts to unify Einstein’s theory of gravity with quantum mechanics – and ...

When Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity in 1915, he sparked a scientific revolution that is paying dividends even today. The theory put a twist on the Newtonian model of ...

Nothing about John Moffat's career in physics has been ordinary. For more than half a century, he's been challenging the status quo, pursuing unorthodox ideas that have often met with sharp resistance ...

I have been popularizing quantum physics, my area of research, for many years now. The general public finds the topic fascinating and covers of books and magazines often draw on its mystery. A number ...

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If so, laws might change when the universe itself changes phase. In the early universe, as temperatures and densities shifted, forces split apart from a unified origin. What we call “laws” may be like ...