Researchers have long wanted to be able to control macroscopic mechanical objects in their smallest possible state of motion. Success in achieving that goal heralds a new generation of quantum experiments.
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Aspelmeyer, M. The surf is up. Nature 464, 685–686 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464685a
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