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The origin of the universe is a story of extremes, marked by an explosive event so profound it birthed the very fabric of ...

Steven Weinberg is a theoretical physicist at the University of Texas at Austin. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of electroweak unification. He is the author ...

A new study suggests that an ultra-energetic cosmic ray which approached Earth from the direction of a vast intergalactic ...

MT: So I think this goes back to the question of where [we can find] a unified theory of gravity and particle physics. And the two key areas we need to look at are, firstly, the very early ...

The inconsistency between quantum mechanics and Einstein’s theory of general relativity has long been a stumbling block in the quest for a unified ... used in classical physics, suggesting ...

towards a grand unified theory (GUT) that would bring together the strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions. (However, the W and Z bosons and top quark were yet to be discovered; the precise ...

An analogy with science is appealed to. In physics there is a hope that we could discover a unified theory of everything. But this is, of course, a hugely ambitious project, and much harder than, for ...

In the history of technological revolutions, there are moments that challenge not only our understanding of what is possible but the very nature ...

Large language models may unlock a new and valuable type of research.