Aggregation in slime molds has long fascinated scientists who study the origins of multicellularity—that is, how our single-celled ancestors came together to form tissues, eventually enabling the ...

Being compared to a blob-like, single-celled organism in terms of decision-making prowess might sound unflattering at first, ...

Slime molds have lived on Earth since long before the emergence of the human species. As single-celled organisms, slime molds do not have brains or nerves. And yet, they have ways of processing ...

scientists are racing single-celled organisms like cancer cells and slime molds through microscopic mazes along paths the width of a human hair. WSJ’s Robert Lee Hotz reports.

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

For instance, we know that single-celled slime molds use self-avoiding paths. Do they also get trapped, and what happens when they do? Or do they have clever mechanisms to avoid this from ...

A form of spatial memory helps a brainless slime mold navigate complex environments ... It has to do everything with just one cell,” Audrey Dussutour, a collective behavior specialist at France’s ...

Being compared to a blob-like, single-celled organism in terms of decision-making prowess might sound unflattering at first, but bear with me. Slime molds, unassuming blob-like entities that ...