The phrase "an experiment to settle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a scientific or investigative procedure aimed at resolving a question or uncertainty.
Example: "The researchers conducted an experiment to settle the debate on the effectiveness of the new drug."
Alternatives: "a test to determine" or "a study to resolve".
So last month 60 physicists from around the world gathered to hash out the arguments for and against the existence of sterile neutrinos and to try to decide whether it's worth staging a dedicated experiment to settle the matter.
The economists back home lining up to warn George Osborne his plan isn't working must wish there was some simple experiment to settle the manner, without making guinea pigs of us all.
Muybridge's series was an experiment intended to settle the question of whether horses ever lift all four hooves off the ground at the same time (they do).
You might like to experiment with a few to settle on which ones you enjoy using and following most.
There was never a decisive debate, never a hallowed crucial experiment, never even a winning argument to settle the case, with one physicist admitting, "Most physicists (including me) accept that Bohr won the debate, although like most physicists I am hard pressed to put into words just how it was done".
It took me a few hours to read it and a few more to settle on attempting a little experiment.
Later this year, the teams will join forces and deploy a balloon-borne telescope, called the QUAntitatively Deeper Research Into Compressed Exouniversal Phases, or QUADRICEP, experiment, to try to settle the question.
CDC23 may be a mediator of miR-34c effects, but more specific experiments are needed to settle CDC23 as a direct miR-34c target.
Transfected cells dedicated to temperature experiments were allowed to settle for 4 hours at 37°C and were then transferred either to 40°C or 27°C incubators.
Detailed behavioral experiments are necessary to settle this issue.
