For close to a century, scientists have been trying to marry Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and quantum theory—our two best bets on understanding the universe on a macroscopic and ...

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Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity does a great job at explaining gravity but it is thought to be incomplete ...

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Physicists have demonstrated with unprecedented accuracy that the speed of light remains constant. In 1887, a landmark physics experiment was carried out by American researchers Michelson and Morley.

Quantum mechanics and general relativity are the two pinnacles of 20th-century physics. In their respective fields, ...

Quantum theory fails to explain how the reality we experience emerges from the world of particles. A new take on quantum ...

Johannes holds an MSci in Neuroscience from King’s College London, where he worked on projects involving Alzheimer’s disease and Fragile X syndrome.

Since then, countless experiments have confirmed that light always travels at the same speed in a vacuum — about 300,000 ...

In 1887, one of the most important experiments in the history of physics took place. American scientists Michelson and Morley ...

Several leading quantum gravity theories predict that there is a dependence of the speed of light on photon energy, which would bridge incompatibilities between general relativity and quantum physics.