Researchers have demonstrated that an amoeba—a single-celled organism consisting mostly of gelatinous protoplasm—has unique computing abilities that may one day offer a competitive alternative to the ...

1A. Image of an amoeba shortly after transplant of a labeled nucleus (arrow). 1B. Autoradiograph image of the amoeba shown in 1A. Radioactivity appears in black, and is confined to the nucleus (arrow) ...