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 ...

Researchers have identified how the slime mold Physarum polycephalum saves memories -- although it has no nervous system. Having a memory of past events enables us to take smarter decisions about ...

A close up show details of a physarum polycephalum, known as a blob, during a record attempt to ...More assemble the longest blob in the world at the Blaise Pascal secondary school in Chateauroux ...

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 ...

Formally known as Physarum polycephalum, this fungus-looking yellow slime mold is actually a single-celled organism like the amoeba. It's neither plant, bacteria, fungus, or animal.

A plasmodium of acellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a large single cell with many nuclei. Presented to a configuration of attracting and repelling stimuli a plasmodium optimizes its ...

The vivid yellow Physarum polycephalum has intrigued scientists: Though the species has no brain, it can identify the shortest path through a maze and remember food locations by imprinting them in ...

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 slime mold Physarum polycephalum develops a network of interconnected tubes as it explores the environment for food. An algorithm inspired by its growth patterns enabled astronomers to see the ...