By measuring the motion of a nanomechanical oscillator with an extremely small error, researchers have passed a milestone on the road to measurements of position at the ultimate limit set by quantum mechanics.
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Clerk, A. Facing Heisenberg at the nanoscale. Nature Nanotech 4, 796–798 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.368
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