Unifying gravity and quantum theory remains a significant goal in modern physics. Despite the success in unifying all other ...

Quantum field theory marries the ideas of other quantum theories to depict all particles as “excitations” that arise in ...

A theoretical study suggests that gravity could have quantum effects without itself being a quantum theory. Other researchers ...

For decades, physicists have faced one of science’s greatest puzzles: merging quantum mechanics, which describes tiny particles, with general relativity, which explains the universe’s vast structures.

Quantum gravity remains one of the big missing pieces of a Grand Unified Theory that could bridge quantum field theory and general relativity. Knowing that quantum gravity solutions must resemble ...

Mean-field theory and semiclassical methods constitute vital frameworks in contemporary quantum mechanics. By replacing the intricate web of particle interactions with an average or “mean” field, mean ...

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.

Quantum researchers in the twenty-first century are part of an international network that requires a great deal of ...