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.
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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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A Novel -Inspired Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks [PDF]
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2013 There is a tradeoff between routing efficiency and energy equilibrium for sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Inspired by the large and single-celled amoeboid organism, slime mold Physarum polycephalum , this paper presents a novel Physarum -
Mingchuan Zhang +5 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.
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Salt affects structure, function and transcriptome in the giant cells of slime molds [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSalt is essential for life, though excessive intake disrupts the balance of body fluids in multicellular organisms like humans. We wondered what happens when body fluids circulate in a single cell.
Beatriz Sánchez-Parra +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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Go Games on Plasmodia of Physarum Polycephalum [PDF]
Annals of computer science and information systems, 2015 Andrew Schumann
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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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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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