{
  "name": "Slime mold flow: Reynolds numbers and travel times",
  "desc": "Values computed for this page about the flow inside a Physarum plasmodium: Reynolds numbers in a vein under stated inputs, the time the flow and oxygen diffusion take to cover 1 cm, and the ratio of the fastest stated flow to the crawling speed, each with its inputs",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/microscopic-life/slime-mold/",
  "from": [
    "media/water-properties.csv (20 °C density and viscosity rows; shared file, read only)",
    "values typed from Gerber et al. 2022, Marbach et al. 2023, Oettmeier and Döbereiner 2019, Reid 2023, Somerville and Proctor 2013 and Vestergaard et al. 2012"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Gerber T et al. 2022, eLife 11:e69745, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69745, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Marbach S, Ziethen N, Bastin L, Bäuerle FK, Alim K 2023, eLife 12:e78100, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78100, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Oettmeier C, Döbereiner HG 2019, PLOS ONE 14(4):e0215622, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215622, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Reid CR 2023, Animal Cognition 26(6):1783-1797, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01782-1, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Oxygen diffusion coefficient: Somerville GA, Proctor RA 2013, BMC Microbiology 13:9, CC BY 2.0, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-9, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "One-axis spread of the Gaussian solution: Vestergaard CL, Flyvbjerg H, Møller IM 2012, Frontiers in Plant Science 3:295, CC BY 3.0, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2012.00295, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Water density and viscosity at 20 °C: International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, IAPWS R6-95(2018) and IAPWS R12-08, as listed in this site's water-properties.csv; values computed 2026-10-25"
  ]
}