A brainless slime mold known as Physarum polycephalum uses its body to sense mechanical cues in its environment. Then, in a process similar to what we consider 'thinking', they decide on the best ...

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 in Germany discovered that a single-celled slime mold has the ability to store memory, which allows the organism to make future decisions about food search You can save this article by ...

July 15 (UPI) --Can you think without a brain? According to a new study, slime molds can. Slime molds are without central nervous systems, but they are able sense tactile, chemical, and optical ...

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 ...

Of all science's model organisms, none is as weird as Dictyostelium discoideum, a single-celled amoeba better known as slime mold. When they run out of food, millions coalesce into a single, slug-like ...