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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
coreyspowell ("Corey S Powell") wrote:
Computer models designed to simulate slime molds (left) turn out to be exceptionally good at simulating the large-scale structure of the universe (right).
Similar network patterns appear across scales differing by 30 orders of magnitude!
https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-astronomy-research-uses-slime-mold-to-model-galaxies/s/136ea12b-091a-4240-9de2-389026ef37f3#space #science #nature #astronomy
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- Physarum mold growing on 4” petri dish with flakes of oatmeal for food.
- An image from Farhanul Hansan’s paper in the Astrophysical Journal shows the large-scale matter distribution and cosmic “filaments” of the universe are more faithfully captured by the slime mold model than the existing standard framework. (Image courtesy Farhanul Hasan)
