Must general relativity finally bow to quantum mechanics? Calculations that describe black-hole properties using collections of superstrings have gone some way towards resolving one of the most vexing puzzles in physics.
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Witten, E. The holes are defined by the string. Nature 383, 215–216 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/383215a0
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