Original: Rev.Lett.97:182301,2006 arXiv:hep-ph/0605178 Overview String theory posits that the electrons and quarks within an atom are not 0-dimensional objects, but 1-dimensional strings.
Simplified: Rev.Lett.97:182301,2006 arXiv:hep-ph/0605178 Overview String theory says that the electrons and quarks inside an atom are not 0-dimensional objects (objects without any length, depth, or width), but 1-dimensional strings.