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Recent advancements in space-time computation are revolutionizing the fields of science and medicine. Engineers from Rice University and Waseda University have made a breakthrough in this area, which ...

Most of today’s leading theoretical physicists have a shared perspective about what the next revolution in physics will look like. They think reconciling Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity ...

Whether space-time exists should neither be controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of “space-time,” “events” and “instants.” The idea that space-time exists is no more ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or two to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the universe.

"The appearance of such structures sheds new light on the sorts of mathematical objects that nature is built from." Scientists have made the most accurate predictions yet of the elusive space-time ...

Exploring the BTZ black hole in (2+1)-dimensional gravity took me down a fascinating rabbit hole, connecting ideas I never expected—like black holes and topological phases in quantum matter! When I ...

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific commander, Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, meet at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 3, 2024. Credit: U.S. Air ...