The Langlands programme has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up ...

One of the biggest stories in science is quietly playing out in the world of abstract mathematics. Over the course of last ...

Scientists propose “DNA of the universe” is gap in Einstein’s hunt for unified physics theory DNA double helix among the stars Getty Images/PASIEKA© Getty Images/PASIEKA ...

For decades, physicists have been looking at the grand unified theory and two main candidates have been put forward, string theory and quantum loop gravity. Now, a group of researchers have ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Quantum gravity remains one of the big missing pieces of a Grand Unified Theory that could bridge quantum field theory and general relativity ...

Dennis Gaitsgory, of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, has won the Breakthrough Prize in mathematics for numerous breakthrough contributions to the geometric Langlands program.

Mathematicians have proved a key building block of the Langlands programme, sometimes referred to as a “grand unified theory” of maths due to the deep links it proposes between seemingly ...

A radical theory that consistently unifies gravity and quantum mechanics while preserving Einstein's classical concept of spacetime has been announced in two papers published simultaneously by UCL ...

Scientists propose “DNA of the universe” is gap in Einstein’s hunt for unified physics theory Physicists say they detected a double helix in the fabric of spacetime By Matthew Rozsa Staff Writer ...