Jan 12, 2016 09:04 PM
String Theory Meets Loop Quantum Gravity
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160112-...m-gravity/
EXCERPT: Among the attempts to unify quantum theory and gravity, string theory has attracted the most attention. Its premise is simple: Everything is made of tiny strings. [...] Loop quantum gravity, by contrast, is concerned less with the matter that inhibits space-time than with the quantum properties of space-time itself. [...] This approach has long been thought incompatible with string theory. [...] But a number of factors may be pushing the camps closer together. New theoretical findings have revealed potential similarities between LQG and string theory....
Steven Hawking’s new paper could finally solve the black hole information paradox
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/111...ox-011216/
EXCERPT: [...] the black hole information paradox, a controversial phenomenon which essentially states that physical information is destroyed by black holes. [...] The paper is extremely technical in nature, but [...] the possible solution to the information paradox lies in so-called “hairs” believed to form on a black hole’s event horizon. These “hairs” could form a kind of two-dimensional hologram that would essentially preserve an object’s blueprint—even if its physical parts are destroyed....
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160112-...m-gravity/
EXCERPT: Among the attempts to unify quantum theory and gravity, string theory has attracted the most attention. Its premise is simple: Everything is made of tiny strings. [...] Loop quantum gravity, by contrast, is concerned less with the matter that inhibits space-time than with the quantum properties of space-time itself. [...] This approach has long been thought incompatible with string theory. [...] But a number of factors may be pushing the camps closer together. New theoretical findings have revealed potential similarities between LQG and string theory....
Steven Hawking’s new paper could finally solve the black hole information paradox
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/111...ox-011216/
EXCERPT: [...] the black hole information paradox, a controversial phenomenon which essentially states that physical information is destroyed by black holes. [...] The paper is extremely technical in nature, but [...] the possible solution to the information paradox lies in so-called “hairs” believed to form on a black hole’s event horizon. These “hairs” could form a kind of two-dimensional hologram that would essentially preserve an object’s blueprint—even if its physical parts are destroyed....
