NMSU Astronomy Research Uses Slime Mold to Model Galaxies
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release:
When researchers in Japan conducted an experiment with slime mold that mirrored the Tokyo railway system back in 2010, it sparked the emergence of a theory known as biologically inspired adaptive network design. A New Mexico State University graduate student used the slime mold model as part of his Ph.D. thesis to improve the way astronomers identify the largest scale structur . . .
When researchers in Japan conducted an experiment with slime mold that mirrored the Tokyo railway system back in 2010, it sparked the emergence of a theory known as biologically inspired adaptive network design. A New Mexico State University graduate student used the slime mold model as part of his Ph.D. thesis to improve the way astronomers identify the largest scale structur . . .