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Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials (news.mit.edu)
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[–] innerwar@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Damn this is cool. Anybody know the largest/macro model of the double slit experiment that’s ever been done?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not sure about the double slit experiment specifically, but wave-particle duality has been observed with molecules as large as buckminsterfullerene.

https://www.nature.com/articles/44348

[–] innerwar@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Ooo thank you