This new framework describes gravity in a manner that is consistent with the Standard Model of particle physics, potentially leading to a more profound understanding of the universe's origins.

Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time that may provide the 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' a new preprint suggests.

For the past 50 years, the Standard Model has successfully described the behaviour of sub-atomic particles, but it omits any mention of gravity. It describes the known sub-atomic world, but ...

Quantum gravity could help physicists unite the currently incompatible worlds of quantum mechanics and gravity. In this episode, Monika Schleier-Smith discusses her pioneering experimental approach, ...

T HE STANDARD MODEL of particle physics—completed in 1973—is the jewel in the crown of modern physics. It predicts the properties of elementary particles and forces with mind-boggling accuracy.

That theory — the Standard Model of particle physics — describes how a set of subatomic particles and forces interact to make up the world as we see it. But the model is not perfect.

The trouble is that we know something is amiss. The standard model doesn’t always know what to do with gravity, and it is totally stumped by dark matter and dark energy.

Sixteen elementary types of particles form the basis for the theoretical framework known as the Standard Model of fundamental particles and forces. J.J. Thomson discovered the electron in 1897, while ...