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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CNN) -- It is bright yellow, can creep along at a speed of up to 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) per hour, can solve problems even though it doesn't have a brain and can heal itself if it is cut in two.

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 ...

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 ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 76, No. 6 (Jun., 1979), pp. 2541-2545 (5 pages) An acidic nucleolar phosphoprotein with a subunit Mr of 70,000 was ...