On 03/02/2013 6:43 PM, Lofty Goat wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:05:16 -0500, Yousuf Khan wrote:

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...-worlds-first-
multiverse-of-universes-in-the-lab

"While this is rather extraordinary, the experimental setup is actually
quite simple — though definitely rather unconventional. The multiverse
is created inside a solution of cobalt in kerosene. This fluid isn’t
usually considered a metamaterial, but lead researcher Igor Smolyaninov
and co found that by applying a magnetic field, the ferromagnetic
nanoparticles of cobalt line up in neat columns. When light passes
through these columns, it behaves as if it’s in a Minkowski universe."

This claim deserves a bit more explanation. It appears to be maybe three
levels of abstraction from making any actual sense.

Hoping somebody can explain it to me, these metamaterials make
absolutely no sense to me.

Yousuf Khan