Scientific Progress

Researchers develop genosensor for detection of specific cancer virus

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – A research team at University of Tehran has designed a genosensor which can detect HTLV-I, the cause of T-cell leukemia and T-cell lymphoma.

Researchers develop nano-catalyst to replace chem. solvents with water

TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – A research team in Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute and Alzahra University has synthesized a novel nano-catalyst which can help the industry replace chemical solvents with water.

Researchers design polymeric nanocarrier to target cancer cells

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – A research team at Isfahan University in cooperation with a Japanese team designed a nanocarrier to deliver anti-cancer drugs.

Iran keeps 4th place in top publishers of nanotech. articles

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – In 2018, more than 166,000 nanotechnology papers were published in the Web of Science portal which is almost 10 percent of total articles.

Iranian researchers build fusion plasma confinement device

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – For the very first time Iranian researchers at Amirkabir University have managed to build a nuclear fusion plasma confinement device by relying on the use of a completely domestic technology.

Iran ranks 16th in scientific production

TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami announced the Islamic Republic is ranked 16th in scientific production and 1st in growth rate in the world.

Iran has formed best startup ecosystem in ME: Sattari

TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said Mon. that Iran has formed the best startup ecosystem in the Middle East region.

Iran ranks 28th in world in high-tech production

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – According to the latest report by Communications Regulatory Authority on Iran’s economic ecosystem, the country ranks 28th in the world in high-tech production and 57th in export of innovative goods.

AUT to host 13th intl. seminar on polymer science

TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – The 13th International Seminar on Polymer Science and Technology (ISPST 2018) will be hosted by Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran on 19-22 November.

China to host 2nd Conference of Iranian Scientific Society

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The 2nd Conference of Iranian Scientific Society will be held in China with the approach of ‘Reviewing the Process and Achievements of Development in China’ at the initiative taken by Iranian Students Society residing in Beijing, capital of China.

Enemies assassinate Iranian scientists to monopolize science

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the enemy seeks scientific exclusion so no other nation can gain power-producing and wealth-producing knowledge; thus, they murder scientists of other countries.

Iran’s intl. cryptography conf. calls for submissions

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – The 3th International Conference on Combinatorics, Cryptography and Computation (I4C2018), scheduled for Nov. 15-16, is calling for submissions on a variety of topics related to computation theory.  

Leader receives elites, top scientific talents

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received more than a thousand young elites and top scientific talents on Wednesday.

Iran has fastest growth rate in innovation: VP Sattari

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Vice-President for Science and Technology said Tue. that Iran has the fastest growth rate in innovation, jumping as many as 67 spots in the world ranking in the past 4 years.

Iranian researchers 3D print flexible electronic circuits

TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – Iranian researchers at a knowledge-based company have developed, for the very first time, 3D printers for flexible electronic circuits that can even be used as wearables in clothes.

Persian ranks 15th in scientific journals publication

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – According to Scopus, the publication of scientific journals in Persian has increased forty-fold in the last 20 years, giving Persian language a ranking of 15th in the world in terms of quantity of scientific production.

Iranian prof. awarded with Japanese ‘Order of the Rising Sun’

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – ‘The Order of the Rising Sun’ along with flower motif was awarded by the Japanese government to Prof. Reza Yousefi Faculty Member of Sharif University of Technology for his outstanding cultural and scientific activities.

Iranian computer scientists bag 4 medals at IOI 2018

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – Iran’s brightest young computer scientists took home four medals after competing at the 2018 International Olympiad in Informatics in Japan.

Asiatic cheetah embryos cloned at Royan Institute

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Researchers at the Biotechnology Research Center at Royan Institute have cloned Asiatic cheetah embryos, which await the required funding to be transplanted into host mothers, according to the head of the research center.

Iran, Armenia to increase nanotechnology cooperation

TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – Iranian ambassador to Yerevan and Armenian minister of education met Wed. to discuss future cooperation in the field of nanotechnology.

Bulgaria’s amb. to Tehran:

Iran, Bulgaria to boost technological coop.

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Bulgarian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Christo Polendakov said that scientific and technological cooperation between Bulgari and Iran will be broadened in three scientific fields including nanotechnology, information technology (IT) and smart cities.

3 new species discovered in Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – Iranian researchers at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad have discovered three new species in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman.

Iran science production shows world's fastest growth

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – Iran ranked first in scientific growth in the world in 2017 among 25 top countries, according to the latest statistics released by the Clarivate Analytics websites.

Iran, China sign MoU on funding joint research projects

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology and China’s Ministry of Science and Technology have signed an MoU to fund joint research projects.

Tehran to host 2nd Intl. Biopharam Festival in Dec.

TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – The second International Biopharma Festival, currently receiving submissions on pharmaceutical biotechnology and related topics, will be held on Dec. 21-24 at Tehran International Exhibition Center.