A system that can distinguish phonons, the smallest units of sound, marks an important milestone in the development of more advanced quantum computers. Quantum computers might one day do things ...

Researchers are a bit closer to understanding one of the brain's greatest accomplishments: making sense out of spoken language. An area of the brain that interprets speech contains cells that respond ...

Researchers at Stanford have developed a "quantum microphone" which can detect the smallest known units of sound -- packets of vibrational energy called phonons. The device could form the basis for ...