The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a highly endowed grant - an ERC Advanced Grant for leading researchers in Europe - to Heidelberg physicist Markus Oberthaler. The five-year endowment will fund a Heidelberg University research project to explore the generation of quantum mechanical properties in complex systems. Of particular interest is whether there is universal behaviour to generate quantum mechanical entanglement in many-body systems. "This is not only of fundamental scientific interest but also has direct impact on the sensor technology of the future because this will allow physical quantities to be measured with far more accuracy than with the best traditional measuring devices," says Prof. ...
