Like all slime molds, Physarum polycephalum has no brain or nervous system—yet it somehow “remembers” food sites for future reference. In a new paper, biophysicists Mirna Kramar and Karen Alim of the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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".