New theory claims to unite Einstein's gravity with quantum mechanics:
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Key FactsNew Unified Theory of Einstein's Gravity and Quantum Mechanics
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- An experiment shows heavy particles causing an interference pattern and bending spacetime.
- Two UCL group experiments constrain theories treating spacetime classically.
- UCL physicists announce radical theory unifying gravity and quantum mechanics.
- Einstein's theory of gravity needs modification to fit within quantum theory.
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