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*while illuminated by a bright laser. By dimming the laser the quantum behaviour returned, and you watching the atoms or not had no effect on the phenomenon.

Despite the misleading title, I imagine affecting the quantum behaviour of atoms with lasers has all kinds of nice use cases!

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Affecting the quantum behavior of atoms with lasers is pretty much the entire field of ultracold quantum gases :) A handful of Nobel prizes have been awarded for it.

One of the key points of the article is that measurement is necessary to freeze the state. Where do you see watching the atoms or not had no effect on the phenomenon?

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