Submeta Notebook: Slime mold is master network engineer

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Slime mold is master network engineer

Single-cell organism builds food-carrying tunnels in pattern similar to Tokyo rail system

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/55512/title/Slime_mold_is_master_network_engineer

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