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Elusive 'Persistent Current' Flows Forever Monday, October 12, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Physics   
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Physicists at Yale University have made the first definitive measurements of "persistent current," a small but perpetual electric current that flows naturally through tiny rings of metal wire even without an external power source. The team used nanoscale cantilevers, an entirely novel approach, to indirectly measure the current through changes in the magnetic force it produces as it flows through the ring. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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