Physicists push thousands of atoms to a 'Schrödinger's cat' state — bringing the quantum world closer to reality than ever before

Physicists successfully placed 7,000 sodium atoms into a quantum superposition state, where particles act as both waves and particles simultaneously, breaking the previous record for the largest object observed in quantum mechanics. This breakthrough achievement brings scientists significantly closer to observing biological materials like viruses in quantum states, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of molecular properties.