There are four fundamental forces at work in the universe. Gravity, electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force. For centuries, science has sought one unifying theory, a single force to explain how and why the universe works. The vacuum effect may be the elusive theory they have been searching for.
Basically, the vacuum effect is the regulation of matter's internal empty space by the compression exerted upon matter by the surrounding external empty space.
The principle of the vacuum effect is this:
External empty space is constantly compressing matter, which instigates heat within matter. As a mass heats up, empty space is drawn in between its matter as a cooling mechanism. The hotter the mass, the more intense the vacuum effect. To put it simply, the vacuum effect is the interaction between heat and cold (i.e., matter and empty space).
In order to explain the theory, we must first understand what heat and cold really are, and the basic structure of mass.
Mass is any physical object. An object is made of molecules. Molecules are made of atoms. Atoms are made of particles called matter. Matter is made of quarks. As of yet, we don't know what quarks are made of, but I will come back to them later. It must be noted that within each of these levels there is, comparatively speaking, a great deal of empty space.
A quantum is the fundamental unit of energy. The plural of quantum is quanta. Quanta are also known as photons, which are the fundamental particles of light. Quantum mechanics explains the behavior of the particles inside the atom. Quantum theory states that energy, like matter, comes in particles. Thus, energy and matter are in fact the same thing. Everything is quanta.
Matter is neither created nor destroyed, but only changes form. Matter and energy are the same thing. Energy is heat. Therefore, heat is neither created nor destroyed, but only changes form. Which means the amount of heat, and hence the amount of cold, that exists in the universe is constant.
To state it broadly, heat is the matter of the universe, and cold is the empty space, or "universal filling."
Heat is characterized by vibration, or motion. Matter vibrates as a result of friction, which is caused by compressing two or more particles together. The greater the compression, the more excessive the vibration, and the hotter the matter becomes.
Heat pushes continuously outward from its source. As matter heats up, it expands. It is the duty of heat to prevent a mass from being crushed.
Cold is empty space. In relation to matter, cold is characterized by constricted vibration. Cold pushes continuously into matter. As matter cools down it shrinks, or compresses. It is the duty of cold to prevent a mass from drifting apart.
The heat expansion and cold shrinkage of matter is the vacuum effect at work.
The vacuum effect operates at all physical levels, from the smallest quark to the entirety of the universe itself. But to keep it simple, I will explain the effect on a hypothetical star.
The star is surrounded by empty space (cold), which is compressing the star. The greatest compression is taking place in the star's core. This instigates heat-creating vibration, first in the quarks, then in the atomic particles, then in the atoms, then in the molecules. All of which expand in relative order, and continue expanding as the heat increases.
The heat at the core must escape or the increasing vibration will cause the star to explode. The core heat moves outward towards the surface. This, of course, heats up the entire body of the star, and the star expands.
Once the heat reaches the surface it escapes as radiation. Radiation is really a stream of the star's matter drifting away.
When the vacuum effect has sufficiently cooled the star, it begins to collapse upon itself. This happens because the outer layers cool more quickly than the core. The matter of the outer layers compresses and is pushed inward towards the core.
As the outer layers compress the core, it not only increases the heat within the core, it also becomes more difficult for the heat to escape. In order for the heat to escape, the outer layers must grow hotter, but at this point the vacuum effect has compressed the outer layers too much to allow this to happen.
At this point three things can happen, depending upon the size of the star.
A small star will compress to such an extent that a cubic inch of its matter weighs several tons.
Large stars will eventually explode. Although much of their matter has been expelled, the center mass still remains and the vacuum effect continues. As the outer matter cools, it is pulled (or sucked) back towards the core. Large stars will continue compressing until they reach "singularity," a volume of zero, otherwise known as a black hole.
A black hole isn't really a hole at all, but a tremendously compressed lump of matter. This lump is surrounded by a gravitational field of a slightly larger periphery than the lump, called the "event horizon." This gravitational field is so powerful that nothing coming into contact with it can escape, not even light. Since nothing can radiate from the event horizon, it is invisible, appearing only as a black hole in space.
Then there's the third size star.
I hypothesize that in the case of the "Big Crunch," when the entire universe collapses upon itself, something dramatically different occurs. When the universe develops a substantial center mass it should revert back to a star state. This star will grow continuously as it absorbs more and more of the universe's matter, thereby increasing its gravity.
However, when all the matter that exists is within reach of the star's gravitational pull it will no longer be able to radiate (as radiation is a stream of matter escaping). The star will then begin to collapse, and continue to collapse until the entire universe reaches singularity. At this point, the vacuum effect reaches its maximum possible intensity. The result is the Big Bang, Creation itself.
In short, it is the vacuum effect on the particles within the atom that forms atoms (i.e., holds them together). The vacuum effect on the atoms forms molecules. The vacuum effect on the molecules forms masses. In the case of celestial bodies, the vacuum effect on the entire body creates gravity.
As stated, the vacuum effect grows more powerful as heat increases. Heat is vibration. Vibration reaches its maximum intensity at the speed of light. In a mass traveling near the speed of light, the vibration is so extreme that the vacuum effect actually penetrates the structure of the quark. Since quarks are the substance that make up the particles of matter within the atom, a mass traveling near the speed of light expands its matter. However, the vacuum effect is forcing the heat away so rapidly that the mass simultaneously shrinks in length.
This brings us back to the quark.
Since quarks are separate entities in motion inside the particles of the atom, we must assume that there is something at work inside the quark instigating this action.
We know that cold penetrates from the outside inward, which means the highest rate of vibration of any physical structure takes place in the core. This means that inside the quark there is a hot core. The vacuum effect is so intense upon this quark core that its heat cannot escape. And so, this quark core particle pulsates ad infinitum.
In other words, the basic, fundamental, subquark structure of the physical universe is a singular, continuously pulsating entity which is indivisible. Not even the vacuum effect can penetrate it. It is the action (and duty) of this quark core entity that instigates all heat-creating vibration within matter, and hence the vacuum effect which holds masses together.
Perhaps it was the crushing of a single quark core entity, which existed at the absolute core of the pre-Creation original mass, that triggered the Big Bang. Since the core entity is indivisible, its energy continues to increase as its compression increases, and so its full power can be achieved only in the event of the Big Crunch. However, if we were able to isolate a quark core entity and implement it in a controlled compression, it would provide us with an unlimited energy source.

The Vacuum Effect (VE) equals Mass (M) multiplied by its Internal (i) Empty Space (ES), divided by the compression of the surrounding External (e) Empty Space (ES).