Physarum polycephalum in a petri dish (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Physarum polycephalum in a petri dish

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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". Researchers at TUM and MPI-DS have now found out how it stores information - even without having a nervous system or a brain.

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Nico Schramma / MPI-DS

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