String theory hints at explanation for superconductivity

Nature News: Until recently, string theory—long heralded as a 'theory of everything'—hadn't been particularly good at explaining anything.

But at a workshop this month at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, California, scientists have been using the theory to make progress in tackling one of the biggest puzzles in condensed-matter physics: the origin of high-temperature superconductivity.