"First-Ever Experiment to Detect Quantum Behavior in Large Masses"
A team of scientists from UCL, the University of Southampton, and the Bose Institute in Kolkata, India, has proposed an experiment to test whether large masses have a quantum nature, potentially extending the domain of quantum mechanics. The experiment, outlined in a paper published in Physical Review Letters, involves shining light on a pendulum-like object to observe its motion and determine if the act of observation changes its path, a property inherent to quantum mechanics. The proposed experiment could be implemented using nanocrystals or even LIGO mirrors, potentially challenging the notion that quantum mechanics only applies at small scales.