They have no brain, no nervous system, and no limbs – yet slime molds can solve mazes, optimize networks, and adapt to changing environments better than most humans. In this episode, we dive into the ...

Abstract: The node selecting problem of traffic network is a significant issue and is difficult to be solved. In this paper, an artificial slime mold method is proposed to help us solve the problem.

Motivated by food, slime mold can solve a maze. The plasmodium is a multipurpose body part. It absorbs food, but also gets the slime mold around. The plasmodium pulsates, sending waves outward to ...

Here you can see the veiny outline of the plasmodium as it starts to form sporangia. This is a pretty interesting lifecycle, no? When the slime mold shifts from the plasmodial stage to producing ...

The plasmodium of the true slime mold, Physarum polycephalum, is an ideal model organism for such a question. The plasmodium exhibits behaviors that resemble intelligence, including solving mazes, ...

Slime molds are distinct from fungi in that they don't form mycelium, though they do have spores. They spread via a hungry, decaying-matter-eating plasmodium (the bit that looks like egg white). Once ...

The mass on the ground in the photo looks like dog vomit slime mold that is starting to dry up. Slime molds, of which there are many different kinds, can be found on a variety of surfaces ...

Slime molds are single-celled organisms that come ... Tubulifera arachnoidea slime mould in its plasmodium stage on a rotting log in Goblin Combe. (Photo by: Craig Joiner/Loop Images/Universal ...

The size of slime molds can vary from a few inches to several feet in diameter. They are not pathogenic to plants although some can grow over plants and briefly decrease their access to sunlight. The ...

Pity the poor slime mold. As if that name itself wasn’t bad enough, some species have even worse monikers, like dog vomit or scrambled egg slime. And despite the fact that they come in many striking ...