A pair of biologists at the University of Toronto has found that vampire bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source ...

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Vampire bats are remarkable creatures that survive exclusively on blood, a diet rich in proteins but low in fats and sugars.

Department of Physiology, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, United States ...

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In a rare technique among mammals, the bats burn proteins from blood, rather than carbs or fat, to power their pursuits of ...

Scientists put the bloodsucking mammals on a treadmill to understand how they get the energy to chase down their next meal.

To test the hypothesis, scientists monitored vampire bats running on a special treadmill used for metabolic research on rats.

Steel and concrete, the traditional materials used in data center construction, are major carbon emittersm but in a move ...