Genes which determine animal complexity — or what makes humans so much more complex than a fruit fly or a sea urchin — have been identified for the first time. The secret mechanism for how a cell in one animal can be significantly more complex than a similar cell in another animal appears to be […]

TEHRAN – Children who watched a PG- (Parental Guidance-) rated movie clip containing guns played with a disabled real gun longer and pulled the trigger more often than children who saw the same movie not containing guns, researchers found. Many US households with guns do not secure the weapons, and children in the United States […]

TEHRAN– Head of Iranian Biological Resource Center said Mon. that so far 7,200 plant samples that had been taken out of the country have returned home and are now being kept at the Center. Hassan Shahzadeh Fazeli, head of Iranian Biological Resource Center, told Mehr News on Monday that the Center has been able to […]

TEHRAN – Outdoor air pollution may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease and contribute to kidney failure, say researchers. Outdoor air pollution has long been linked to major health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A new study now adds kidney disease to the list, according to […]

TEHRAN- Pumpkin toadlets, found on the leaf litter of Brazil’s Atlantic forest, are among the smallest frogs in the world. Scientists have now discovered that two species of these tiny orange frogs cannot hear the sound of their own calls. An international team from Brazil, Denmark and the UK, discovered that two species of pumpkin […]

TEHRAN – Cells can be programmed like a computer to fight cancer, influenza, and other serious conditions — thanks to a breakthrough in synthetic biology. Led by Professor Alfonso Jaramillo in the School of Life Sciences, new research has discovered that a common molecule — ribonucleic acid (RNA), which is produced abundantly by humans, plants […]

TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Silk Research Center said the country ranked eighth in the world in the field of silk farming. Reza Sourati Zanjani, while noting that sericulture had begun in China four thousand years ago, said “indeed, on the basis of historical information, China remains the main habitat of white cocoon while Iran […]

TEHRAN  – Research sheds new light on how the body converts the bad kind of cholesterol. The discovery could lead to new and potentially more effective medicine. More than 600,000 Danes are being treated with cholesterol lowering medicine. 98 per cent of them are treated with statins, which curb the body’s own production of cholesterol […]

TEHRAN  – Cassini spacecraft has burned up in the skies over Saturn as planned, NASA said Friday, ending a 20-year mission to circle Saturn and transform the way we think about life elsewhere in the solar system. Cassini, an international project that cost $3.9 billion and included scientists from 27 nations, has run out of […]

TEHRAN – A research team discovered that the olive-derived compound oleuropein helps prevent type 2 diabetes. The health benefits of olives — and associated natural products such as olive oil — have long been recognized and touted by proponents of the Mediterranean diet. However, little was previously known about what specific compounds and biochemical interactions […]