1. Topic: Scientists are looking for the smallest noise possible

2. Article Title: "Shhhh... Scientist Are Listening for the Universe's Smallest Possible Noise

3. Article Source: Discover Magazine

4. Summary: A new "quantum microphone" can measure sound waves just a few quintillionths of a meter high—"much less than the size of a proton." It could soon tune in on the phonon’s minuscule notes. Although Delsing's device cannot yet pick up individual phonons, Delsing says his team is getting close.

 5. Reaction: It doesn't really effect me at all. It would help people in the science world a whole lot. Because then they could probably come up with more protons and atoms and things like that.It might effect me in some way because then that would be another thing we have to learn in science class. I do not want to do that. If I was a scientist I would be pretty happy to be the one to say "Hey, I'm one of the people who helped find the Universe's possible noise."

6. World Impact: Phonons could contribute to future quantum computers. These powerful machines would rely on the qubit, a unit of information that can represent both 0 and 1 (the building blocks of binary computing), instead of the standard bit, which can be only one or the other. Scientists had assumed quantum computers would process information with light, but a small enough sound wave could work as well. So if they find the Universe's smallest possible noise then this could help them make quantum computers in the future. That would be super awesome.