TEHRAN – The Council for Stem Cell Sciences and Technologies plans to attract investors for research projects, the council’s secretary Amirali Hamidieh announced on Tuesday, Mehr reported. With the support of investors, the council can develop stem cell science, which leads to generate income for the country he said. He said that the council will […]

TEHRAN – The Communication and Information Technology Ministry plans to promote export of nanotechnology products. The export of nano-tech products should be promoted since nanotechnology has a crucial role in improving efficiency, minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said on Monday, IRNA reported. Azari Jahromi and vice president for science and technology Sourena Sattari paid a […]

 Tehran-based Amirkabir University of Technology has officially joined Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP). Currently some 220 universities and institutes from 30 different countries are members of this association. University of Tehran, Al-Mustafa Open University, Allameh Tabataba’i University, University of Gilan, Iran University of Science & Technology and Alzahra University are other […]

The first ever spacecraft to fly directly toward the Sun is poised to blast off Saturday, on a mission to plunge into our star’s sizzling atmosphere and unlock the mysteries of the center of the solar system. NASA’s car-sized, $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to launch on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from […]

The Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani told the visiting North Korean Foreign Minister on Thu. that the Americans never deliver on their commitments under agreements. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has had an experience of holding negotiations with the US and in all previous cases, the Americans’ commitments were explicitly stipulated in the agreements but […]

Using magnetoencephalography, researchers showed that while the human brain is still able to perceive sounds during sleep, it is unable to group these sounds according to their organization in a sequence. Led by Philippe Peigneux, ULB Neuroscience Institute, a group of researchers found that our learning capabilities are limited during slow wave sleep. Using magnetoencephalography […]

Paleontologists and geoscientists have discovered the first North American co-occurrence of hadrosaur and therizinosaur tracks in the lower Cantwell Formation of Alaska’s Denali National Park, providing more evidence that Alaska was possibly the ‘superhighway’ for dinosaurs between Asia and western North America 65-70 million years. An international team of paleontologists and other geoscientists has discovered […]

The late prominent Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, his short and feature films, has been a major contributor to show Iran in famous International festivals.Iranian Cinema has had the most international presence in international festivals and the name of Kiarostami is shining. Kiarostami belongs to which was known as golden era of Institute for the Intellectual […]

 Sorena Sattari, Iran’s vice president for science and technology paid a visit to Mehr News Agency headquarters in the center of Tehran earlier this week and sat down for an interview. The Iranian vice president answered questions mostly about the country’s scientific progress, especially the advancement in new technologies and knowledge-based enterprises and start-ups. He […]

NASA is poised to launch a $1.5 billion spacecraft on a brutally hot journey toward the Sun, offering scientists the closest-ever view of our strange and mysterious star. After the Parker Solar Probe blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 11, it will become the first spacecraft ever to fly through the Sun’s scorching […]