string theory remains a hopeful candidate for putting all the pieces of the cosmic puzzle together. If it works out, ...

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This has been an active area of theoretical physics since the 1930s ... From the mid-1980s, string theory set up a possible framework to approach quantum gravity using a 'top-down' approach.

The quantum and gravitational theory group of the Brandeis Physics Department conducts research on a range of topics in theoretical physics, including string theory, classical and quantum gravity, ...

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Physicists have proposed a radical approach that questions decades of belief about how gravity, spacetime, and quantum mechanics fit together.

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Famed physicist Stephen Hawking took gravity to its ultimate limits. In doing so, he made a number of significant ...