Present-day physics cannot describe what happened in the Big Bang. Quantum   
   theory and the theory of relativity fail in this almost infinitely dense and   
   hot primal state of the universe. Only an all-encompassing theory of quantum   
   gravity which unifies    
   these two fundamental pillars of physics could provide an insight into how the   
   universe began. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational   
   Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Golm/Potsdam and the Perimeter   
   Institute in Canada have made    
   an important discovery along this route. According to their theory, space   
   consists of tiny "building blocks". Taking this as their starting point, the   
   scientists arrive at one of the most fundamental equations of cosmology, the   
   Friedmann equation, which    
   describes the universe. This shows that quantum mechanics and the theory of   
   relativity really can be unified.    
      
    Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-09-quantum-big.html   
      
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