Mathematical modelling of Physarum polycephalum dynamics has emerged as a vital research area that bridges biology, physics and applied mathematics. These models aim to elucidate the sophisticated ...

Mireta wants to translate slime mold’s superpowers into algorithms that might help improve transit times, alleviate ...

Physarum polycephalum is the smartest slime mold you’ll ever meet. Really, though - this humble blob can solve problems and even teach its fellow slime molds to do the same. “Slime mold” is really a ...

Habituation — learning not to fear a harmless substance after being confronted with it on several occasions — exists in all animals, but was never observed in a non-neural organism. This discovery ...

If you didn't have a brain, could you still navigate your surroundings? Thanks to new research on slime molds, the answer may be 'yes.' Scientists discovered that the brainless Physarum polycephalum ...

We've long known the slime mold can determine the shortest path through a maze, or even model optimal railway systems. Now, a group of researchers has shown these amoeba-like single-cell organisms ...

It's probably the nastiest, slimiest computer in the world. Powered by oat flakes instead of electricity, scientists in the U.K. have developed a rudimentary computer using a slime mold they have ...

Repair of thermal injury of Physarum polycephalum Schw. plasmodia has been studied by light and electron microscopy. As a result of heating the plasmodia for 10 min at 42° C both the unordered and ...

It is a staple of science fiction to see a brain in a jar or other container, maybe used as some sort of computer device. You are probably imagining a brain-powered supercomputer with a room full of ...