Monopoles and Solitons
  In this paper, we argue that the elusive magnetic monopole arises due to the strong magnetic effects arising from the non commutative space time structure at small scales.If this structure is ignored and we work with Minkowski spacetime, then the magnetic effect shows up as a monopole. This would also explain why the monopole has eluded detection even after seventy years. We next consider anaother area in which Solitons can be applied, viz., Bose Einstein condensation. 
B.G. Sidharth