| Department of Physics | February 16, 2026
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Happy Monday! 🎉 I hope everyone had a great weekend! As always, The Compton Chronicle newsletter is where you'll find department updates, upcoming events, exciting opportunities, and ways to get involved in our growing community. Have a great week!Â
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TODAY! Lunar New Year Potluck |
Join us today at 12pm for a department potluck in celebration of the Lunar New Year! 🎉
Please join us for good food, good company, and a chance to celebrate together. Attendees are encouraged to bring a favorite dish to share - let us know what you're bringing! The first 100 people in attendance will also receive free entry into a raffle for prizes! Please make plans to join us and help spread the word!Â
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WashU theorists help explain newly imaged quantum potential landscapes
A team of researchers led by Prof. Shaffique Adam played a key theoretical role in a new Nature study that directly images the electrostatic potential landscape inside a moiré quantum material using a powerful new experimental technique known as the atomic single-electron transistor.
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| PUEO's Antarctic flight advances neutrino research
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) has successfully completed its inaugural flight, launching from the NASA Long Duration Balloon Facility on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica on December 19, 2025. Key contributors include Brian Rauch, Lindsey Lisalda, and Richard Bose.
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| For Zack Rehfuss, high-pressure physics makes diamonds
Zack Rehfuss relishes the wild and often unexpected ways that elements behave when pushed to their limits. That includes developing quantum sensors that can survive forces up to 300,000 times greater than Earth’s atmosphere, or studying materials at ultra-cool temperatures just north of absolute zero.
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