Whirlpools might have stirred up baby universe’s soup
Computer simulations suggest possibility of vortices in quark-gluon plasma
![quark-gluon plasma illustration](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/111716_EC_GPC-votrices_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
HOT STUFF A collision of two heavy ions produces an extremely hot, dense state of matter called quark-gluon plasma (illustration shown). Computer simulations indicate that swirling patterns could form in this material.
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