For decades, physicists have struggled to reconcile the principles of quantum mechanics with those of general relativity. While quantum mechanics governs the behaviour of particles at the smallest ...

Quantizing gravity — and for the faint of heart, don't worry, we'll define what that means soon enough — can't be that hard, could it? I mean, we've got the other forces —electromagnetism, strong ...

Extra dimensions may be required to explain how gravity worked in the early universe — and led to the conditions we experience today. This is the conclusion of a pair of researchers from Japan, who ...

A variation on the theory of quantum gravity — the unification of quantum mechanics and Einstein's general relativity — could help solve one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology, new research suggests.

Albert Einstein once described gravity as the warping of space and time in his theory of general relativity. But what exactly does that mean? YouTube personality Edward Current attempts to simplify ...

This awesome YouTube clip shows how gravity works using a piece of fabric, a couple of weights and some marbles. Charles Gibson and a scientist called Paulette, from Michigan Science Centre, explain ...

Explore the fundamental force that keeps our feet on the ground and celestial bodies in motion. Discover why gravity stands out as a truly unique and intriguing force in the universe. Representative ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The summer’s big scientific news was the discovery of the “god particle” – the Higgs boson, at Cern, the ...