He and a colleague created a sensation in 1956 by proposing that one of the four forces of nature might violate a law of physics. By George Johnson Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical ...

An informal lecture decades ago at the University of Waterloo is changing the world today. When Mike Lazaridis was studying electrical engineering at UW, one of his professors, Lynn Watt, was a ...

Joining the sweeping theory of general relativity to the probabilistic world of quantum mechanics is perhaps the greatest challenge in modern physics. Each has been borne out on its own scale by ...

In 1905, Einstein established relativity under the condition of denying the absolute space-time valid in Newtonian mechanics. In those days, the quantum theory was also established by accepting De ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An image of a black hole surrounded by matter. Does the secret of quantum gravity lie around ...

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in physics." The first step toward quantum gravity, the "holy grail of physics," may ...

“I got used to the idea that questions had answers.” Sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation; By Summer Ash An active proponent of education, diversity and communication, Sylvester James Gates is ...

The Leinweber Foundation donated $18 million to the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, renaming it to the Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics. The total donation of $90 million is shared ...

Going places: the University of Chicago will receive $18.4m to create a Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics (courtesy: University of Chicago) The Leinweber Foundation has awarded five US ...

A $18.4 million commitment from the Leinweber Foundation to the University of Chicago will support the creation of a new institute for theoretical physics at UChicago. The transformative gift will ...