The marked difference between them is that the acellular slime molds have many nuclei but only one cell wall during the plasmodial stage, while the cellular ones are composed of individual cells.

Imagine a creature that can solve puzzles without thinking, remember paths without neurons, and learn from experience without ...

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.

The researchers used lasers to disrupt the movement of the leader cells, finding that ... Aggregation in slime molds has long fascinated scientists who study the origins of multicellularity—that is, ...

Not bad for a single cell without a brain. Although the slime mold doesn't have a single neuron to its name, it has deep wisdom to share. That millions of years of evolution have shaped Physarum ...