Rice University Physics & Astronomy Department

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.

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.

01/15/2026

Researchers led by Rice University’s Guido Pagano used a specialized quantum device to simulate a vibrating molecule and track how energy moves within it.

Researchers led by Guido Pagano used a specialized quantum device to simulate a vibrating molecule and track how energy moves within it.

01/15/2026

Scientists have discovered a new quantum state of matter that connects two significant areas of physics, potentially leading to advancements in computing, sensing and materials science.

Scientists have discovered a new quantum state of matter that connects two significant areas of physics.

10/21/2025

A research team led by Rice University physicist Frank Geurts has successfully measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) at various stages of its evolution, providing critical insights into a state of matter believed to have existed just microseconds after the big bang.

Rice researchers have successfully measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma at various stages of its evolution.

10/02/2025

Amen!

10/02/2025

https://news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice-physicists-new-lab-focused-emergent-magnetic-materials-funded-department-energy

Physicists from Rice have received a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the Rice Laboratory for Emergent Magnetic Materials.

10/02/2025

https://news.rice.edu/news/2025/quantum-leap-entangled-states-enhance-energy-transfer-models-molecular-systems

A new study has found that energy transfers more quickly between molecular sites when it starts in an entangled, delocalized quantum state.

08/18/2025

Researchers at Rice University and collaborating institutions have discovered direct evidence of active flat electronic bands in a kagome superconductor. This breakthrough could pave the way for new methods to design quantum materials — including superconductors, topological insulators and spin-based electronics — that could power future electronics and computing technologies.

Researchers have discovered direct evidence of active flat electronic bands in a kagome superconductor.

08/08/2025

A puzzling form of superconductivity that arises only under strong magnetic fields has been mapped and explained by a research team including Andriy Nevidomskyy, professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University.

Rice's Andriy Nevidomskyy is part of a team that has mapped and explained a puzzling form of superconductivity that arises only under strong magnetic fields.

07/17/2025

Physicists unlock hidden order in twisted graphene, paving way for supermoiré engineering.

A new study by applied physicists used a custom-designed microscope to examine supermoiré patterns in trilayer graphene.

06/26/2025

New research led by Rice University physicist Christopher Tunnell and postdoctoral researcher Dorian Amaral, the study’s first author and lead analyst, sees the first direct search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated particle.

A new study led by Rice's Christopher Tunnell and Dorian Amaral sees the first direct search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated particle.