Closer interraction between a wave and particles........maybe not a unified field, but, closer proximity?
First, it was call magic.
Then alchemy.
Or Metaphysics.
Now, it is... science.
We are now exploring metamaterials. Form vs. composition.
It is now known that a large planetary body did plunge into our solar system, striking a solar system planet, leaving behind Earth, the Moon, and Mars.
There are weapons in orbit about our Earth that few know about, yet have been there for over 20 years.
There are inhabitants of the layers above our breathable atmosphere which we barely can detect, and know little about.
Death Valley contains all kinds of life. Even though it is one of the hottest and dryest environments on the North American Continent (and almost the entire world) it contains one of the largest aquifers in the world. How large? No one knows, as the bottom has never been reached.
We 'know' so little, yet believe we 'know' so much.
A unified field theory?
The answer is there, and always has been, always will be.
It is only our inability to understand it, so far, that keeps it hidden from us.