They have accepted two separate theories that explain how the universe works ... there were five variations of the theory. Then, in the mid-1990s a theory known as M-theory emerged that unified ...

A groundbreaking new theory developed by researchers at Aalto University in Finland could bring scientists closer to a ...

A bold new quantum theory of gravity may finally bridge the long-standing rift between Einstein’s general relativity and quantum field theory. This potential "Theory of Everything" could answer some o ...

A theory to end theories For the first time in the history of physics we therefore have a framework with the capacity to explain every fundamental feature upon which the universe is constructed.

The universe may not be infinite or flat. Physicist Glenn Starkman and his team propose it could have a complex topology, possibly shaped like a 3-torus, resembling a hyperdimensional doughnut.