"Eichhorn, a physicist at Heidelberg University in Germany, has over the last decade become a leading theorist investigating this idea, called asymptotic safety. In particular, Eichhorn has emphasized the importance of taking into account the ways in which matter affects space-time, and vice versa."

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Where Some See Strings, She Sees a Space-Time Made of Fractals | Quanta Magazine

Pushed down to a certain scale, the laws of physics seem to fall apart. Astrid Eichhorn, a leader in an area of study called asymptotic safety, thinks we just need to push a little further.

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