Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, Epilepsy – these and other neurological disorders are still not fully understood. A surge in new insights is expected from the newly opened OPM-MEG Center, which the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin inaugurated today in the presence of Berlin’s Senator for Science, Dr. Ina Czyborra. For the first time, OPM sensors, which measure the tiny magnetic fields of the human brain, are being used on a larger scale in clinical research. The center exemplifies how cutting-edge quantum metrology is being applied in medicine and how technology transfer is being promoted.
22 October 2025