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When medical devices are implanted in the body, the immune system often attacks them, producing scar tissue around the device.

Malaria parasites develop faster in mosquitoes at lower temperatures than previously thought, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of Exeter.

Researchers have found no evidence of elevated cardiac risk in runners who completed a 24-hour ultramarathon (24UM), despite the transient elevation of blood biomarkers that measure cardiac health.

The more naturally verdant an area is, the more likely it will contribute to the general health of the habitats and the organisms in and around it.

Genetic testing has determined that the stranded whale is actually a different species, also very rare, called Hubbs' beaked whale.