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Reveal the bat's secret of flying
Animal world

Reveal the bat's secret of flying

It's interesting, but bats use aerodynamic mechanisms like insects to hover in the air, scientists said.

December 16, 2018
'Bat technology' helps detect tumors
Animal world

'Bat technology' helps detect tumors

Scottish scientists hope to create radar devices that function like bats. This device will be very effective in locating and identifying tumors hidden deep inside a huma…

December 16, 2018
Learn bat language
Animal world

Learn bat language

According to US scientists, understanding the mechanism that bats use to communicate with each other by sound can help find new therapies to treat language disorders in…

December 16, 2018
Detecting deadly virus in the bat
Animal world

Detecting deadly virus in the bat

Scientists have found deadly Marburg virus in a fruit-eating bat in Africa. This is the first time this virus has been detected in an animal other than the monkey.

December 16, 2018
Long tongue bats: speed champion digest food!
Animal world

Long tongue bats: speed champion digest food!

Long tongue bat (Glossophaga soricina) is known to be the smallest mammal in the world, with a body mass of less than 10g, and is a species that speeds up food digestion

December 16, 2018
How do other flying bats look like?
Animal world

How do other flying bats look like?

While birds have the most popular flying technique in vertebrates, bats can still fly easily without feathers. Swedish researcher Anders Hedenstrom and colleagues at Lun…

December 16, 2018
Flowers born to seduce birds
Animal world

Flowers born to seduce birds

The different shapes of tropical flowers, from blooming flowers to elongated pipes, are to help birds and bats easily put the beak in to pollinate flowers. It is the div…

December 16, 2018
Bats also eat snacks
Animal world

Bats also eat snacks

Some people have sweet cravings after drinking too much alcohol. And according to a new report last Sunday by Professor Francisco Sanchez of Ben-Gurion University in the…

December 16, 2018
Discovered bats have a record long tongue
Animal world

Discovered bats have a record long tongue

Anoura fistulata, a very rare bat species in Ecuador, has developed its tongue with an impressive length, when it is half as long as its body length, used to extract hon…

December 16, 2018
Unknown things about bats
Animal world

Unknown things about bats

According to a study published in the British journal Nature, a group of scientists from Princeton University (USA) said in addition to the ability to locate by sound, l…

December 16, 2018
Discover big gray nose bat species in Vietnam
Animal world

Discover big gray nose bat species in Vietnam

MSc Vu Dinh Thong, a researcher on bat species of the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) said he has discovered a…

December 16, 2018
Every night, many mosquito-eating bats?
Animal world

Every night, many mosquito-eating bats?

Master Vu Dinh Thong - a bat expert from the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) - said that there is a little know…

December 16, 2018
Bats also speak triplets
Animal world

Bats also speak triplets

Talking triplets is the basic language in newly learned babies ... and bats. According to the German magazine Naturwissenschaften, dictionaries will add mammals to this…

December 16, 2018
Into the forest, catch bats
Animal world

Into the forest, catch bats

Master Vu Dinh Thong, a young scientist who specializes in bat research, reveals something about studying bats in Vietnam. With nearly 10 years of experience in research…

December 16, 2018