A Physarum-inspired approach to the Euclidean Steiner tree problem [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 This paper presents a novel biologically-inspired explore-and-fuse approach to solving a large array of problems. The inspiration comes from Physarum, a unicellular slime mold capable of solving the traveling salesman and Steiner tree problems.
Sheryl Hsu +2 more
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Tracking Mechanical Stress and Cell Migration with Inexpensive Polymer Thin‐Film Sensors [PDF]
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2023 Polydiacetylene (PDA) Langmuir films are well known for their blue‐to‐red chromatic transitions in response to a variety of stimuli, including UV light, heat, bio‐molecule bindings, and mechanical stress.
Tanner J. Finney +4 more
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Discovery of the first unconventional myosin: Acanthamoeba myosin-I [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Having characterized actin from Acanthamoeba castellanii (Weihing and Korn, Biochemistry, 1971, 10, 590–600) and knowing that myosin had been isolated from the slime mold Physarum (Hatano and Tazawa, Biochim. Biophys.
Thomas D. Pollard +2 more
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Measurement of protoplasmic streaming over the entire body of Physarum plasmodium, and estimation of the transport and mixing of protoplasma through the intricate vein network [PDF]
Biophysics and PhysicobiologyTransport networks spanning the entire body of an organism are key infrastructures for achieving a functional system and facilitating the distribution of nutrients and signals.
Yo Sato +5 more
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Stepwise slime mould growth as a template for urban design [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 The true slime mould, Physarum polycephalum, develops as a vascular network of protoplasm, connecting node-like sources of food in an effort to solve multi-objective transport problems.
Raphael Kay +3 more
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Catalogue of fungi in China 4: Didymiaceae and Physaraceae (Myxomycetes) [PDF]
MycologyMyxomycetes play crucial ecological roles, yet their species diversity, distribution, and taxonomic relationships remain poorly understood. In this study, we examined 104 specimens from 19 provinces in China. Through morphological analysis, we identified
Xuefei Li +11 more
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Sterol content of the Myxomycetes Physarum polycephalum and P. flavicomum
Journal of Lipid Research, 1976 The sterol content of two Myxomycetes, Physarum polycephalum and P. flavicomum has been examined. The sterols of the two species are apparently identical, the two major sterols in each being poriferasterol and 22-dihydroporiferasterol.
E Bullock, C J Dawson
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Diseño de Redes de Transporte mediante una variante del Modelo Physarum
Tecnología y Ciencia, 2022 Se considera el problema del diseño de redes de transporte, conociendo la topología factible y la matriz origen-destino de viajes. El objetivo de este trabajo es obtener las capacidades de los tramos de la red que permiten satisfacer las demandas de ...
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Using an Artificial Physarum polycephalum Colony for Threshold Image Segmentation
Applied Sciences, 2023 Traditional artificial intelligence algorithms are prone to falling into local optima when solving threshold segmentation problems. Here, a novel artificial Physarum polycephalum colony algorithm is proposed to help us solve the difficult problem. First,
Zhengying Cai +3 more
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Remarkable problem-solving ability of unicellular amoeboid organism and its mechanism [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Choosing a better move correctly and quickly is a fundamental skill of living organisms that corresponds to solving a computationally demanding problem. A unicellular plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum searches for a solution to the travelling salesman ...
Liping Zhu +3 more
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