For The First Time Ever, Quantum Spins Shift a Centimeter-Scale Object

Researchers at Japan's Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology used controlled electron spins in a nitrogen-vacancy diamond to move a 128-milligram graphite plate by 100 nanometers—eight to nine orders of magnitude larger than any previous quantum-force displacement, marking the first time quantum mechanics have visibly affected a macroscopic object subject to gravity.