According to a new experiment carried out between satellites in orbit and a station on the ground Quantum internet could be possible on a global scale for ultra-secure, next-generation communications. The team of scientists was able to exchange several carefully managed photons in pulses of infrared light, carried between Russian GLONASS satellites and the Space […]

 Some 12 hospitals in the northwestern city of Mashhad, Khorasan province, have so far gained the license to admit international patients, a senior official said. Mohammad Esmail Khayami, the head of Medical Tourism Department at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, said on Saturday that some 12 hospitals have been granted the permits to offer medical […]

Iranian feature movie ‘No Date, No Signature’ directed by Vahid Jalilvand did not make the cut in the Foreign Language Film category of 2019 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, organizers of the annual Oscars, revealed shortlists for documentaries, foreign language films, music, visual effects, and […]

 Reza Salehi Amiri, President of Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), met with his Croatian counterpart Zlatko Mateša on Saturday. In a meeting which was held at the Croatian Olympic Committee (COO) headquarters, both sides agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations in sports fields. Salehi Amiri was accompanied by Iranian Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia […]

The 19th festival for commending Iranian tech-savvy experts and researchers was held in Tehran on Sunday, Mehr news agency reported. The event was held concurrent with “research week” (December 15-19) under the theme of “purposeful research, efficient technology promoting domestic production”. Some 24 top tech-savvy experts and researchers were lauded out of 226 individuals. Health […]

 Blockchain technology can help improve the national economy, the head of management development department of the vice presidency for science and technology, Alireza Daliri, IRNA reported on Saturday. “This is possible with empowering the infrastructure of the blockchain technology with the help of government and private sector,” he explained. The science and technology vice presidency […]

 Iranian children’s book writer and illustrator Ali Khodai’s “Look at This Way” has been published in English in Tehran. Siamak Mazlumi is the translator of the book published by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA), the publisher announced on Sunday. The book tells the story of a group of jungle […]

Finally, Emmanuel Macron, the French President, had no way but to withdraw from his previous positions in the face of Paris recent riots, declaring an “economic and social state of emergency”. Macron ordered the government and parliament to take immediate steps to change tax rules and other policies that hit the French citizens. He also […]

 University of Tehran and the University of Putra Malaysia (UPM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide the grounds for joint research projects with a focus on social responsibility. During a meeting between UT’s Vice President for Research, Mohammad Rahimian, and the Senior Vice President of UPM, Renuganth Varatharajoo, in Tehran on Tuesday, […]

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft found water inside the minor planet Bennu that it landed on last week. Early data from the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission revealed water locked inside Bennu. Information gathered by the spacecraft’s OVIRS and OTES spectrometers reveals the presence of molecules that contain oxygen and hydrogen atoms bonded […]