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For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...
ORLANDO, Fla. – For Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr., mathematics is magic. The 74-year-old theoretical physicist had always loved math – it ran in the family, after all. His father and grandfather ...
D.J. Gross, N. Miljkovic, "A nonperturbative solution of D=1 string theory," Physics Letters B, 238:217-23, 1990. David J. Gross (Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University): "String theory, ...
Flashes like Cherenkov radiation in space may reveal negative-energy ghosts, hinting at gaps in gravity theories.
Inspired by biological systems, materials scientists have long sought to harness self-assembly to build nanomaterials. The ...