Wednesday 28 August 2019

Seeing the Beautiful Intelligence of Microbes

Bacterial biofilms and slime molds are more than crude patches of goo. Detailed time-lapse microscopy reveals how they sense and explore their surroundings, communicate with their neighbors and adaptively reshape themselves.

All images by Scott Chimileski and Roberto Kolter (except where indicated)
The slime mold Physarum polycephalum forms a network of cytoplasmic veins as it spreads across a surface.


This very long article, with amazing graphics can be found at:

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