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Eye exam may predict Alzheimer’s 24 Aug 2018

Eye exam may predict Alzheimer’s

Advances in eye exam technology could one day help doctors diagnose people with Alzheimer’s disease long before symptoms appear, researchers said Thursday. Using equipment similar to the kind already available at most eye doctors’ offices, researchers detected signs of Alzheimer’s in a small sample of 30 people, according to a study published in the Journal […]

Scientists track how yellow fever raced through Brazil 24 Aug 2018

Scientists track how yellow fever raced through Brazil

The yellow fever virus lurked deep in the Amazon jungle until around July 2016 when it leapt toward the highly populated south of Brazil, carried by monkeys and the mosquitoes that liked to bite them. At a speed of about two miles (3.3 kilometers) per day, the virus made its way to the outskirts of […]

Scientists confirm ice exists at Moon’s poles 23 Aug 2018

Scientists confirm ice exists at Moon’s poles

Scientists say they have confirmed the existence of ice on the Moon’s surface for the first time, a discovery that could one day help humans survive there. Signs of ice on the Moon have been reported by scientists for years, but previous observations could have been explained by other phenomena, such as unusually reflective lunar […]

Iranian women’s life quality, expectancy have improved greatly: Ebtekar 21 Aug 2018

Iranian women’s life quality, expectancy have improved greatly: Ebtekar

TEHRAN – The indicators of life quality, life expectancy, and achievements in different fields prove great growth among women in Iran since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Increasing rate of women’s literacy and life expectancy is one of the great achievement of the Islamic Revolution, said Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women’s […]

‘Defense Industry’ anniv. kicks off 21 Aug 2018

‘Defense Industry’ anniv. kicks off

The anniversary of ‘Defense Industry’ kicked off in the presence of President Rouhani with the motto of ‘Defense Industry, Manifestation of National Production and Defensive Sovereignty’. Earlier at the outset of this ceremony, President Rouhani visited the Exhibition of Achievements and Capabilities of the Defense Industry. Also, a sophisticated Iranian jet fighter was unveiled on […]

Iran has to be very careful in future negotiations on Caspian Sea: Prof. Entessar 16 Aug 2018

Iran has to be very careful in future negotiations on Caspian Sea: Prof. Entessar

Professor of political science says although the text of the Caspian Sea Treaty signed on August 12, 2018 in Kazakhstan does not define the share of each of the littoral states, Iran has to be very careful in future negotiations. Five Caspian Sea littoral states signed Caspian Sea Treaty on August 12, 2018 in Kazakhstan. […]

New Properties of Water Discovered 16 Aug 2018

New Properties of Water Discovered

A team of scientists has uncovered new molecular properties of water — a discovery of a phenomenon that had previously gone unnoticed. Liquid water is known to be an excellent transporter of its own autoionization products; that is, the charged species obtained when a water molecule (H2O) is split into protons (H+) and hydroxide ions […]

AEOI spox says Iran might reconsider JCPOA commitments 16 Aug 2018

AEOI spox says Iran might reconsider JCPOA commitments

The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says that remaining in the JCPOA only makes sense if Iran is benefiting from the deal, otherwise it may reduce commitments to it. Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi visited Mehr News Agency (MNA) headquarters in the center of Tehran on […]

Trump after forcing Iran to negotiate: Rezaei 15 Aug 2018

Trump after forcing Iran to negotiate: Rezaei

the Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said on Tuesday that US president is trying to exert economic pressure on Iran to force Iran to come to terms with US. “Today, our enemies have lined up against us with their utmost capacity. Mr. Trump wants to devaluate our national currency and stop our oil […]

Tehran to host traditional medicine, medicinal herbs festival 15 Aug 2018

Tehran to host traditional medicine, medicinal herbs festival

TEHRAN – The fourth festival of medicinal herbs, natural products and traditional medicine aiming to showcase Iran’s potential in the field of medicinal herbs will be hold on November 12-15 in Tehran, secretary of headquarters for developing medicinal herbs and traditional medicine science and technology headquarters has said. “Each province has a special ecology and […]