CERN discovers tiny droplets of quark-gluon plasma

Researchers at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered that photon-ion collisions may produce tiny droplets of quark-gluon plasma, a nearly "perfect" liquid formed shortly after the Big Bang. The LHC, a 17-mile particle accelerator, collides heavy ions, revealing an elliptical flow pattern indicative of strong interactions among quarks and gluons. Future studies aim to clarify these findings and their implications for understanding the universe's origins.