Researchers have shown that, when grown on a map of Japan, the gelatinous, funguslike organism connects points of interest in a pattern similar to Tokyo’s train network. Engineers might be able to take a cue from the organism’s approach to design more-efficient transportation systems.
(via Ride the Slime Mold Express! — Wogan 2010 (121): 1 — ScienceNOW)
Source: sciencenow.sciencemag.org
