angular momentum currents (IMAGE) Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Caption The objective in the OBELIX project is to create new and efficient technologies using readily available materials, thereby focusing on the generation, manipulation, and exploitation of so-called orbital angular momentum currents. If equilibrium is disrupted by means of an electric current, for example, the motion of electrons (small blue spheres) around atomic nuclei (transparent spheres) is transformed into intense orbital angular momentum (yellow arrow) and the corresponding current (black arrow). Credit ill./©: Dongwook Go / JGU Usage Restrictions Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. License CC BY-NC-ND Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.