Story 1: Quantum Simulation Maps QCD₂ Interaction on 100+ Qubit IBM Chip. Using over 100 qubits on the IBM Nighthawk processor, researchers have demonstrated that quantum computers can now probe the complex forces governing particle dynamics, specifically measuring the attraction between baryon-like excitations in a simulation of (1+1)-dimensional quantum chromodynamics. A team led by Cameron Cogburn at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in collaboration with scientists from Stony Brook Universit