Physicists Hope to Catch Neutrons in the Act of Jumping from Our Universe to Another

Except in the other universe they run the same experiment at the same time and the neutrons from that universe go into our bottle experiment and messes up the results.

lol, good one, cheers

Well, not much to say, except that we can look forward to the results. The only phenomena related to this I can think of, is the apparent annual cycle of radiation rates; which seem to vary (slightly but detectibly) with our distance from the sun. Either coincidence, or is there some relation between decay and inter-universe transfer.

For those interested in this sort of thing, I suggest the book "The Gods Themselves", which is written by Asimov and is based on this sort of thing. Just don't let your imagination create expectations reality can't fulfil.

One in a million really isn't that small when dealing with the sub-atomic.

If successful could you please send Obama to another universe before he destroys this country financially?

well if it is one in a million, then just get a million and one :)

-Knock knock
-Who's there?
-The Doctor.
-Doctor Who?
-Yes

I think I saw this once in an episode of Stargate Atlantis. During the test, Rodney McKay will appear in the test chamber and tell them to stop the experiment because it's messing his universe. Okay, maybe not the exact same thing...

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In space, no one can hear a tree fall in the forest.

Well, this is certainly interesting, but how does this correlate to "zero point energy"? Not the whackjob free energy deal, but the proof for the UNcertainty Principle? I.e since vacuum is empty, its energy state should be zero, but it can't be due to the uncertainty principle. So they theorized that matter must spontaneously pop into existence and then blink out, and proved it in a lab. Some people working with cosmology theorized that this may be the missing mass we need to explain our current observations, but the general idea is that it is not enough mass. Just wondered if anyone had any info as to whether this is an extension of, or somehow related to this effect.

Oh, and I suggest everyone flags and reports people who bring political crap into our comment sections. Go over to the yahoo cesspool if you want to advertise your ignorance.

I realize at this moment I am supposed to push the “I BELIEVE BUTTON", but I have to say; I am just not there yet.

I will wait a while for further future development and I need to grow too, whatever.

Still in general, science fiction wise, this opens up the door to a lot more cool stories! I like it!

Multiple Universes are beleived to be real. This is dealing with a type of model of the universe called "Membrane Theory". It's not a joke. Since you think it a story then let me tell it as a story. Now get your marshomellows and cocoa and gather round the campfire chillens:

Once upon a time, there were brilliant scientists. The scientists set out to find out what the universe was made of. They thought that there must be more to it than the simple 3 dimnensions we live in. They began looking and more scientists started joinging the search. They broke up into teams. Each team was idenitified by a set of math that represented a view of the universe that those scientist believed was real. One by one they revealed their research. Each math model started to explain more and soon they had a picture of the universe with 11 dimensions. Of course everyone thought that 11 was just too many. Soon a bitter rivalry broke out between the 10th and 11th demension scientists. After a long battle, and what seemed like ages, the two teams, (10 & 11), realized that they were looking at the same model from a slightly different view. The 11th dimension had proved the 10th dimensional theory. Since these two models represented the same dimension, the final answer was that there are 10 dimensions in the universe. It didnt stop there though.

Suddenly this brought forth all types of efforts to understand how this could be. A new theory was that these Dimenesions would have had to have been created during the big-bang was formed. However, some didnt beleive in the big-bang. In fact, the very stretching of the universe (now thought to be dark energy) was beleived to be happening due to the universe dissipating energy from possibly another universe slamming into ours. Of course mainstream science laughed at this proposition. There were calls from everywhere :"This is too complex!" "Propostorous!". "There are only 3 dimensions youve gone mad!". However, there it sat, the data. The reserch and data suggested that we live in more then 3 dimensions. In fact the universe and its forces, especially the apparent weakness of gravity, were explained by it.

They now thought knew two new important facts about our universe. 1) We live in more than 3 dimensions and 2) its most basic element was a tiny vibrating string. The string was finite size and was very small. They called this small increment the "plank length." or 10 to the 35th power "small". These tiny strings vibrated and they came in two flavors: "closed loop" and "open". They were so small that they made up the nucleaus of atoms and even more. A closed loop permiated every type of matter and gravity was considered a closed loop. An open loop was normal types of energy and matter and other things. Due to the vibrations of these strings, the vibration itself was thought to interact with an invisible field that created mass. They called this field "the Higgs Field". This field interacted with the strings and gave everything mass.

Before long scientists broke up into two distinct belief systems. 1) Those whoe beleived in the big-bang as a sigularity (something so small its smaller than plank) and 2) those who belived in multiple universes. "Membrane Theory" was now born.

This Membrane theory was magnificent in its approach to explain everything and the beginnings of our universe. After all if our universe was hit by another one, then what does that say about our understanding that the universe is infinite? Like we were taught it was in school. This new theory suggested that our universe was in fact finite and floated in an extra-dimensional space with other universes. Each universe has its own physics that are guided by its own "vibrations" or, its strings. One day, one of these unviverses or "membranes" hit ours and caused what we understand as the "big bang".

Since this universe hit us, our universe has been trying to dissipate this energy outward and go back to a "zero state" of calm. Like ripples in a pond continue to ripple until the water becomes still again. Once there are no more vibrations, it is possibly thought that strings will not vibrate anymore and that energy and matter will cease to exist. Everything fades to black.

The end.

I can tell that the science is real. This Membrane theory of multople universes has many unanswered mysteries about it that still keep it alive. Certain quantum principals are starting to bring to light the fact that there may indeed be dimensions we cant see and wuite possibly there may be other universes. What is a little weird is that they dont define "universe" in this article. In many science articles about this subject you find that instead of universe the author meant to say "dimension". In any case, it does sound very crazy but it is real math and real science.

This is why its so important to understand gravity at the plank length, to determine if it is spread out over many dimensions or just 3. This is why its so important to understand if "dark matter/energy" are real. Why is the universe is expanding. Will we have a universe forever?

"Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon."

D13, holy crap....shut up.

Well "the story" was for those who deny the existance of Multiple Universes. They derive from a "theory of everything". My simple story. How do you talk about Multiple Universes without explaining how they could exist and what science deals with it? How do you talk about them without talking about string or membrane theory?

I admit it was a little long but the comments looked like people were doubting the existence of Multiple Universes. On a second read I did come off a little condescending and patronizing, as well as perhaps too much information. I do apologize and I will shut up... "for now".

<--"taking know it all badge off". :)

"Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon."

D13,

As always, thank you for turning Wikipedia into a fiction piece.

Yes, most of the theory that you allude to does exist (although it's both simplified and exaggerated at the same time in your account).

String theory and M-theory are real theories. Do not confuse them with reality (not yet, anyway). Neither theory, at this time, has any testable predictions it can make -- which is precisely why they remain fringe research within Physics (though growing fields -- pun intended).

Don't get me wrong, I find both fascinating, and Michio Kaku -- a String theorist -- is one of my favourite Physics authors of all time. But there is no evidence, no hard *proof* that they're true.

This is why other researchers -- like Stephen Hawking -- dismiss string theory. Because of the sheer lack of evidence. The numbers match up extraordinarily nicely, but that's it. And Hawking is a bloody mathematician -- if anyone should appreciate the value of numbers in Physics, it's him.

Again, I love the idea of string theory and all that, but don't go off on a campfire sermon suggesting the whole of the scientific community is on board with it or that there's an unshakeable foundation of evidence for it.

They're not and there isn't.

By the way, did you actually just verbally masturbate on a public forum? Because seriously, I can't think of any realistic prompt for you to hop up on that soap box and show off your junk the way you did, other than you just wanted people to realize you have a Wikipedia understanding of M-theory.

Congrats, you can google. And there was much rejoicing.

As to the topic, this is incredible they can do this kind of research. I earnestly do hope it pays off -- and maybe someday, someday soon, even, we might get solid proof of these theories.

I always love when a research topic, once proposed to be "too difficult to research," enters into the fray of "researchable" and, eventually, "common knowledge." Beautiful. History in the making.

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"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan

Skeptic, are you also a judge on American Idol? Your abillity to sniff out whats real and whats Wiki seems a little popular in my opinion. Also funny that you speak of Public Masturbation when so many other adjetives could have been used. However, since you really appear to be the exhibitionist you claim that I am, lets use your little example of Hawking...

Didnt your boy make some claims about Hawking Radiation before he ever saw a blackhole? Didn't he have to retract statements about matter being erased from the universe?

Your a dumbass with a siren on your head. Your opinion is about as useful as the Dark Matter/Energy BS you talk about like you have a jar full of it in your basement. Has that been proven real yet? In fact I beleive that two experiments just proved that they couldnt find it so....how about shut the hell up. Your an idiot.

If anyone talks gives merit to unproven theory its definitely you. I never said it was fact, I said it was real science. Learn to read before you blurt you mental midget.

"Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon."

Way to go D13.

What's wrong with public masturbation anyway?