The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a mystery – and physicists are deeply divided about what is actually going on, a ...

Stephen Wolfram’s hypergraph project aims for a fundamental theory of physics Simple rules generating complicated networks may be how to build the universe ...

How can the tiniest particles and the vast structure of the universe be explained using the same kind of mathematics? This puzzle is the focus of recent research by mathematicians Claudia Fevola ...

For 15 years, there has been a mismatch in physics. A particle called the muon wasn’t behaving the way theory predicted it should. A new theory and new experiment might solve this problem.

Break from the past Ever since Isaac Newton formulated classical mechanics in the seventeenth century, theories of physics have followed a definite pattern.

Physics Can we solve quantum theory’s biggest problem by redefining reality? With its particles in two places at once, quantum theory strains our common sense notions of how the universe should ...

What is considered a fundamental theory of physics? In our current understanding, there are four fundamental forces in nature: the electromagnetic force, the weak force, the strong force, and gravity.