Moss Is Generating Electrical Waves That Look Startlingly Like a Neural Network. Study reveals that moss cushions produce surprisingly complex electrical activity, with patterns that undulate across the velvety patch in dynamic waves.

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⚡️ Moss cushions exhibit surprisingly complex electrical activity, with dynamic waves of patterns undulating across them, according to new research by computer scientist Andy Adamatzky published in Royal Society Open Science.

⚡️ The study, focusing on the moss species Brachythecium rutabulum, found that these ancient plants, lacking vascular systems and roots, display electrical events including fast oscillatory spikes, rhythmic fluctuations, and slow depolarization waves, resembling neuron-like spike trains.

⚡️ Adamatzky's findings suggest that moss cushions act as "spatially distributed excitable systems" capable of coordinating electrical signals across space and time, hinting at their potential for unconventional computation and biohybrid sensing, though further research is needed to confirm these possibilities.

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