The Aspen Times

String theory proved! Bush’s brain made of string

I recently read a piece on string theory. It referenced the books “Three Roads to Quantum Gravity” by Lee Smolin, a professor at Penn State, and “The Elegant Universe” by Brian Greene, a professor at ...
The Scientist

A Universe Made of Strings? What's New?

Everything in the universe is made out of strings. So say the proponents of the latest theory to take physics by storm. All the basic particles of which the universe is made are tiny strings instead ...
The Conversation

String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...
Wired

School of Rock: The Physics of Waves on Guitar Strings

Perhaps the most iconic instrument in modern rock is the guitar. It's really just a bunch of strings stretched across a board, which you can strum to make awesome tunes, thanks to the physics of waves ...