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36 After Empty Promises, Will String Theory Find New Uses?

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 2 place · today 11:34 EDT

After Empty Promises, Will String Theory Find New Uses?

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For decades, string theory promised a "theory of everything" that described all particles and forces as tiny vibrating strings. Physicists hoped it could also solve one of the field's deepest problems: reconciling quantum mechanics with gravity. But as string theory grew increasingly elaborate — and experimentally unreachable — many physicists lost hope.

Now, some researchers are revisiting the theory from first principles. In a paper in press at Physical Review Letters, Cliffo

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