The holographic principle is a tenet of string theories and a supposed property of quantum gravity that states that the description of a volume of space can be thought of as encoded on a ...

Gauge theory and string theory represent two foundational pillars in contemporary theoretical physics, offering profound insights into the nature of fundamental interactions and the structure of the ...

Welcome, everybody to what is the first ever — the inaugural episode — of the new Brandeis University podcast, "The Take: Big Ideas Explained in Under 5 Minutes," where professors explain core ...

Associate professor of physics Matthew Headrick researches one of the most cutting-edge ideas in theoretical physics. It proposes that the universe is a three-dimensional image projected off a ...

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking passed away earlier this year, but his legacy to science will live on. His final theory on the origin of the universe has now been published, and it offers an ...

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Some physicists propose that consciousness operates like a hologram. That means our subjective experiences project from information encoded at the quantum level ...

It may sound like the outlandish plot of a poorly conceived science-fiction flick. But some scientists now claim that humanity, the Earth, and everything else in the universe are really part of a ...