What's Happening Now With String Theory?

"In cosmology, string theory 'packages physical models in a way that’s easier to think about,' Silverstein said. It may take centuries to tie together all these loose strings to weave a coherent picture, but young researchers like Beem aren’t bothered a bit. His generation never thought string theory was going to solve everything. 'We’re not stuck,' he said. 'It doesn’t feel like we’re on the verge of getting it all sorted, but I know more each day than I did the day before – and so presumably we’re getting somewhere.”"

The Strange Second Life of String Theory

Gravitational Waves May Reveal Stringy Universe

"More importantly, this is just the beginning of gravitational wave astronomy. Last year, calculating the gravitational wave signature of stuff that we might observe was largely of academic interest. Now, however, it is the stuff that will drive our observatories."

Pattern of gravitational waves may reveal string theory's remnant strings.

String Theory: Is It Science?

Besides using the term "theory" erroneously (presently, at best it is an untestable speculation), I consider it pre-science.

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2016/01/string_theory_has_failed_as_a_scientific_theory.html