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Photovoltaic power grows in EUIs photovoltaic (PV)-generated electricity taking the world by storm? Latest figures released by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) point to a steady, growing trend in this green energy area. Newly installed PV cells generated 7.4 gigaw...
Scientists uncover 'totally crazy mechanism' behind much genetic diversityUK scientists have shed new light on a gene that appears to drive much human evolution and genetic diversity. The research, published in the journal Nature Genetics, was led by the University of Leicester's Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the father of DNA (...
Increase in human population killed off cave bearsEuropean scientists have discovered that human expansion rather than climate change was the chief reason why cave bears became extinct in Europe around 24,000 years ago. They claim increased competition between humans and bears for land and shelter - in p...
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