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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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Thoughts from the forest floor: a review of cognition in the slime mould Physarum polycephalum. [PDF]
Anim Cogn, 2023 Sensing, communication, navigation, decision-making, memory and learning are key components in a standard cognitive tool-kit that enhance an animal’s ability to successfully survive and reproduce.
Reid CR.
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Learning in the Single-Cell Organism Physarum polycephalum: Effect of Propofol. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2023 Propofol belongs to a class of molecules that are known to block learning and memory in mammals, including rodents and humans. Interestingly, learning and memory are not tied to the presence of a nervous system.
Kippenberger S +7 more
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Identification and characterization of histones in Physarum polycephalum evidence a phylogenetic vicinity of Mycetozoans to the animal kingdom. [PDF]
NAR Genom Bioinform, 2021 Physarum polycephalum belongs to Mycetozoans, a phylogenetic clade apart from the animal, plant and fungus kingdoms. Histones are nuclear proteins involved in genome organization and regulation and are among the most evolutionary conserved proteins ...
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Logics for Physarum Chips [PDF]
Studia Humana, 2016 The paper considers main features of two groups of logics for biological devices, called Physarum Chips, based on the plasmodium. Let us recall that the plasmodium is a single cell with many diploid nuclei.
Schumann Andrew, Pancerz Krzysztof
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Towards Physarum Engines [PDF]
Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 2012 The slime mould Physarumpolycephalum is a suitable candidate organism for soft-matter robotics because it exhibits controllable transport, movement and guidance behaviour.
Soichiro Tsuda +2 more
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Simulating Transport Networks With a
IEEE Access, 2019 Designing effective transport networks can be considered as one of the most debated problems in the area of computational intelligence. Some nature-inspired algorithms have shown excellent abilities in the adaptive network construction. In this aspect, a
Yuxin Liu, Chao Gao, Zili Zhang
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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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Towards a Physarum learning chip [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2016 AbstractNetworks of protoplasmic tubes of organismPhysarum polycehpalumare macro-scale structures which optimally span multiple food sources to avoid repellents yet maximize coverage of attractants. When data are presented by configurations of attractants and behaviour of the slime mould is tuned by a range of repellents, the organism preforms ...
James G. H. Whiting +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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