TAKEPLACE: SOLVING PHYSICS THORNIEST PROBLEMS

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

SOLVING PHYSICS THORNIEST PROBLEMS

The universe may have started out with fewer dimensions than the three we live in, and could still collapse down to one dimension at extremely high energies.

The idea could solve some of the thorniest problems in particle physics and, unlike more popular models like string theory, can be tested with the next generation of space telescopes, according to a new study March 11 in Physical Review Letters. WIREDSCIENCE

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