TEHRAN – Mohammad Taghi Joghataei said that Iran ranks 16 in world artificial intelligence while in the field of linguistics, it also occupies a high rank. The high advisor of the Department for the Development of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Mohammad Taghi Joghataei said “throughout the world, attempts are made to produce knowledge and wealth, […]

Britain and its allies lead a high-stakes diplomatic drive Tuesday to give the world’s global chemical watchdog the power to identify those behind toxic arms attacks, setting up a new showdown with Russia. The meeting comes as inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are expected to unveil a long-awaited report […]

It’s been known for years that humans and other mammals possess an antiviral gene called RSAD2 that prevents a remarkable range of viruses from multiplying. Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, have discovered the secret to the gene’s success: The enzyme it codes for generates a compound that stops viruses […]

TEHRAN – Manouchehr Manteghi, the managing director of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization, has said that Iran will soon launch into orbit a new satellite named “Sharif Sat”. The launching date is not yet set but Sharif Sat will be sent into orbit by the end of the year, Manteghi said, the YJC reported on […]

In the middle of the night it becomes a form of psychological torture, the insidious “plink…” (wait-for-it) “plink…” (wait-for-it) “plink…” of drops falling, one-by-one, into water. Scientists said Friday that they had finally cracked the “dripping tap” enigma and know exactly how the sound is generated. In 1908, Arthur Mason Worthington published a treatise, “A […]

Earth’s intact forests shrank by an area larger than Austria every year from 2014 to 2016 at a 20 percent faster rate than during the previous decade, scientists said Wednesday as the UN unveiled an initiative to harness the “untapped potential” of the land sector to fight climate change. Despite a decades-long effort to halt […]

The Iranian researchers at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Razi University produced a nano-engine which can separate the cancerous cells from Leukemia blood samples. “The nano-engine, moving in a solution containing hydrogen peroxide, is led to cancerous cells by a magnetic field so that it can attach to the cancerous cells using its special […]

At a research facility in Gabon, one isolated building stands behind an electrified fence, under round-the-clock scrutiny by video cameras. The locked-down P4 lab is built to handle the world’s most dangerous viruses, including Ebola. “Only four people, three researchers and a technician, are authorised to go inside the P4,” said virologist Illich Mombo, who […]

A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to the buildup of plaque in the arteries of the heart. While high saturated fat levels in red meat have long been known to contribute to heart disease for people in general, the new finding suggests that a subgroup of […]

A major upgrade began Friday for the world’s most powerful proton smasher to increase the number of particle collisions inside the Large Hadron Collider and help further explore the fundamental building blocks of the universe. The work involves heavy civil engineering at the LHC’s two main sites in Switzerland and France which are run by […]