Polymer-like worms wriggle their way through mazes Date: March 27, 2025 Source: Universiteit van Amsterdam Summary: In a crowded room, we naturally move slower than in an empty space. Surprisingly ...

Worms first move across the gradient towards their preferred temperature (a behavior called “gradient migration”) — and once they have identified temperature conditions more to their liking, they ...

In a crowded room, we naturally move slower than in an empty space. Surprisingly, worms can show the exact opposite behaviour: in an environment with randomly scattered obstacles, they tend to ...