The Blob: a cell that learns
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Meet The Blob, A Creature That Has Almost 720 Sexes — But No Brain
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Robust probabilistic modeling for single-cell multimodal mosaic integration and imputation via scVAEIT
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Bizarre Slimy Organism Termed 'The Blob' Has 720 Sexes & Can Eat, Move Around & Solve Problems
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Blob, a cell that learns (The)
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Mapping single-cell data to reference atlases by transfer learning
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Beware the Blob: Zoo Showcases Self-Healing Slime Mold
How physically different would we look if our cells were cube-shaped? - Quora
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The blob can learn - and teach !
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Improved small blob detection in 3D images using jointly constrained deep learning and Hessian analysis
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Meet 'The Blob,' the Slime Mold That Can Think Without a Brain, Eat Without a Mouth
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A deep learning-based algorithm for 2-D cell segmentation in microscopy images, BMC Bioinformatics
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Vive Le Blob: The amazing abilities of slime moulds - BBC Science Focus Magazine
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ESA - Blob
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The Natural Laws of Learning - Thot Cursus
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Physarum polycephalum - Wikipedia