Rice University Physics & Astronomy Department

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Welcome to the Rice University Physics & Astronomy Department page! Here you will find information about activities and events in the department. Events of particular interest to prospective graduate students will be posted regularly. Application information and procedures can be found here http://physics.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=53

Rice University physicist Guido Pagano and his team use a trapped-ion quantum simulator, which involves manipulating an ...
08/05/2026

Rice University physicist Guido Pagano and his team use a trapped-ion quantum simulator, which involves manipulating an ion crystal trapped in a vacuum system with electromagnetic fields, to study molecular electron transfer, or the way electrons travel from one molecule to another.

Rice physicist Guido Pagano unveiled a new, two-knob control for a trapped-ion quantum simulator that allows individual control of temperature and dissipation.

Recently, the field of magnetics has been proposed a new class of magnetism called altermagnetism, which could allow for...
08/05/2026

Recently, the field of magnetics has been proposed a new class of magnetism called altermagnetism, which could allow for advances in miniaturizing and improving RAM architecture in computers.

Rice's Ming Yi recently showed that the quantum material ruthenium dioxide potentially displays this new altermagnetism in its ultrathin film form in which the material is prepared as a very thin slice only a few atomic layers thick.

Rice University professor Pengcheng Dai has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest...
05/14/2026

Rice University professor Pengcheng Dai has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious learned societies in the nation.

Rice professor Pengcheng Dai has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious learned societies in the nation.

MagnetoARPES technology reveals hidden properties of advanced materials.
03/12/2026

MagnetoARPES technology reveals hidden properties of advanced materials.

Rice University researchers Jianwei Huang and Ming Yi have developed a new capability, magnetoARPES, building on angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) that allows researchers to study quantum behaviors they have been unable to resolve using ARPES alone.

Rice researchers discover cerium magnesium hexalluminate not quantum despite displaying characteristics of quantum spin ...
03/10/2026

Rice researchers discover cerium magnesium hexalluminate not quantum despite displaying characteristics of quantum spin liquid state

A recent study found that the material cerium magnesium hexalluminate (CeMgAl11O19) was not actually in a quantum spin liquid phase despite evidence suggesting it was.

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