Bacteria lead a fast-and-furious social life, forming tenacious biofilms held together by slime. Now it appears that slime use determines the nature of the diseases they cause. The decision to make ...

Foraging abilities of the amoeboid slime mold Physarum polycephalum may be improved by "noise" in the form of intermittent light exposure, according to a study published March 29, 2017, in the ...