MIT physicists use offshoot of string theory to describe puzzling behaviour of superconductors

Friday, August 6, 2010 - 03:35 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists are divided on whether string theory is a viable theory of everything, but many agree that it offers a new way to look at physical phenomena that have otherwise proven difficult to describe. In the past decade, physicists have used string theory to build a connection between quantum and gravitational mechanics, known as gauge/gravity duality...

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