A discovery about the slime projected by velvet worms could revolutionize the design of sustainable materials, according to a ...

Watch nutrients flow through an underground circulatory system that connects fungi and plants. A new study shows how these ...

A quick look around Reddit threads suggests that more than a few people struggle with stubborn mold, mildew and bacteria in washing machine door seals. While some have experimented with using ...

Despite their simple structure, slime molds exhibit behaviors that suggest ... decision-making loop honed by evolution. As the single-cell organism moves, it extends thin veins of protoplasm ...

One of the most striking examples of how metabolism can drive cell differentiation comes from a humble slime mold. When Dictyostelium has plenty of nutrients in its environment, it happily grows and ...

Subscribe for FREE Using protein sequencing and AI-driven structure prediction (AlphaFold, the 2024 Nobel Prize-winning tool), Harrington’s team identified previously unknown proteins in the slime ...

You can learn a lot from a little slime mold. For Nate Cira ... creating a branch-like structure that drives the movement of cells - and, on a more conceptual level, the Nokia Corporation. "People ...

“It’s a very important and interesting study,” Stuart Newman, a cell biologist at New York Medical College who was not involved in the study, tells The Scientist, “It’s a new phenomenon for ...

Detailed analysis of molecular structure in the gelatin microgels revealed that increase of β sheet from interaction with lipid membrane covering the cell-mimicked mold is the factor for the higher ...

A form of spatial memory helps a brainless slime mold navigate complex environments ... Meet the low-cost standard for hypoxic and physioxic environment cell culture that enabled HIF-1α Nobel ...