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 ...

To test this theory, Lu and Lopes built a smartwatch that runs on Physarum Polycephalum, a species of slime mold. Slime mold, also known as the blob, has 720 sexes and is known for its rapid ...

It is a particular kind, Physarum polycephalum, that has an unusual property — it can shapeshift, at least to a limited degree. The tiny creature is just like us in that it tries to get things ...

One side of a Petri dish is coated in sugar; the other in protein. The slime mold Physarum polycephalum fares better without a border between the two sides, the researchers found. RAINA MENDEL Since ...

The slime mold Physarum polycephalum consists of a single biological cell. Because of his ingenious ability to adapt his tubular network to a changing environment, he has been called "intelligent ...

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 ...

Physarum polycephalum is a very simple organism that does two things: it moves toward food and it moves away from light. What’s worse, performing this calculation gets exponentially harder the ...

The influence of inhibitors of energy metabolism (2-deoxy-D-glucose, monoiodoacetate, KCN) as well as various substrates for respiration (sodium acetate, glycine, glutamine, α-ketoglutarate, pyruvate) ...

The slime mold Physarum polycephalum consists of a single biological cell. Because of his ingenious ability to adapt his tubular network to a changing environment, he has been called "intelligent".

Well, it’s not yellow paint at all. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said it’s called Physarum polycephalum and it’s actually alive.