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The Economic Times
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In 2010, scientists found a slime mold that designed transport networks like Tokyo's rail system

Slime mold Tokyo rail system : In 2010, a team of scientists discovered that a single-celled slime mold could help solve a problem that has challenged city planners for decades. While studying a slime mold searching for food, they found that it created a transport network strikingly similar to the rail system around Tokyo, as per a report.

The researchers believed the slime mold's natural behavior could help design more efficient transportation networks

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