Loneliness is bad for the heart and a strong predictor of premature death, according to a new study. Loneliness is bad for the heart and a strong predictor of premature death, according to a study presented today at EuroHeartCare 2018, the European Society of Cardiology’s annual nursing congress. The study found that feeling lonely was […]

TEHRAN — Nine Iranian universities once again succeeded in securing positions in world top university rankings in the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2018 and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2019. 1,000 of the world’s top universities are ranked using six different indicators to compile QS World University Rankings 2019. Universities are evaluated […]

TEHRAN – Knowledge economy, which has taken shape in Iran since 2011, is considered as an engine for economic development, the deputy science minister has said. Masoud Boroumand made the remarks during a ceremony held at the Gilan Science and Technology Park (GSTP) in the northern city of Rasht on Monday, IRNA reported. Technology and […]

Iran and Japan are trying to boost their academic cooperation and in the first step, the MoU between Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Japan’s Juntendo University will soon be implemented, said Nader Riahi-Alam, the official link between Tehran University of Medical sciences and Japanese universities. Recognizing the grounds and potentials of bilateral academic ties, […]

The tendency of people with dementia to wander and become lost has led researchers to recommend a ‘Silver Alert’ system, similar to Amber Alerts for missing children, be activated when someone with the diagnosis of dementia is reported lost. Led by Dr Margie MacAndrew from the QUT-based Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration: Carers and Consumers […]

TEHRAN – Entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country is in need of new financing methods, Sourena Sattari, vice president for science and technology has said. The way of financing in a knowledge ecosystem is a very important issue, IRNA quoted Sattari as saying on Saturday. Up to now, the finance for startups and knowledge enterprises has […]

TEHRAN – Development of space industry requires national willpower, Communications and Information Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has said. There are several institutes in Iran who are active in the field of space studies, however, sometimes they are working in parallel due to lack of appropriate connections, ILNA quoted the minister as saying at […]

TEHRAN — Some three million Iranians have organ donor cards and some 10 percent have signed online consent forms for organ donation, Farahnaz Sadeq-Beigi, head of organ procurement program in Masih Daneshvari Hospital, a national research institute for tuberculosis and lung diseases, has said. She made the remarks on the occasion of the National Organ […]

TEHRAN – Iranian students who study at U.S. universities can continue their studies at domestic universities. Although Iranian university students in the U.S. do not face any consequences of U.S. President Donald Trump’s pulling out of the nuclear deal and imposing sanctions, their families may have problems with providing foreign currency in U.S. dollars for […]

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. Expressing the huge growth level in international registration of inventions by young Iranians in recent years, Sattari emphasized the need for growing cooperation with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He made […]