Slime mold memory Published in PNAS How does the slime mold Physarum polycephalum, with no nervous system, save memories? By studying fruit flies, researchers have now found that a family of proteins called OSCA/TMEM63 plays an important role in sensing particle sizes in food. These proteins are also found in humans and researchers say that the new findings could help …
Memories are what make us humans. Mostly, the function of memory is recognised as an attribute of organisms with a functional nervous system, but the latest research shows it can be found in a single-celled organism as well. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this single-celled animal is the “largest cell on earth.” Its whole body, including the …
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