Scientific Progress

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.

US sanctions to have no effect on Iran, Sweden scientific coop.

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – An official in charge of National Sweden Research Institute said that re-imposition of US sanctions on Iran will have not any effect on scientific and research cooperation between Iran and Sweden.

Iranian startup designs practical kit for testing water quality

TEHRAN, Jun. 05 (MNA) – Iranian researchers as part of a nano-tech startup managed to design a multi-purpose practical kit for testing the quality of water.

Intl. scientific coop. not subject to sanctions: official

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – Director General of Research and Technology Development Office of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education Dr. Hossein Vatanpour said that Iran’s international scientific cooperation is not subject to the sanctions regime.

Middle East owns 8% of global market revenue for advanced materials

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – Latest reports indicate that 8% of the global market revenue for advanced materials belong to the Middle East region, which is approximately valued at $5.3 billion.

Iran tops Islamic countries on scientific papers quality

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – According to Essential Science Indicators (ESI), Iranian scientific papers have been cited more than 1,770,000 times globally during last 10-year period which ranks Iran at the top of all Islamic countries in this regard, said the director of ISC Mohammad-Javad Dehqani.

Iran to expand coop. with WIPO

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has said that Iran's cooperation with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will rise in recent years.

Iran’s Leader:

Scientific advances in Muslim world can end West bullying

TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei said Sat. that ‘unity’ and ‘a serious move toward advancement in all sciences’ are the key requirements for the Muslim world today, which can put an end to the bullying by Western powers.

Iran’s AUT builds robotic playhouse for kids

TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – Iranian researchers at Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) have designed and built a robotic playhouse for children called ‘Robokids’.

13th RoboCup Iran Open to kick off Thu.

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – The adult competitions for the 13th edition of RoboCup Iran Open will kick off on April 5 at Tehran International Exhibition Center, with participation of about 500 teams.

Science parks set the scene for economic growth

TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) – The number of science and technology parks is growing annually worldwide and they are paving the way for economic growth as well as technology development. As the number of science and technology parks are increasing in Iran the country is also on its way to development.