Science and Technology

Avicenna Cuisine: Your Personalized Guidebook on Balanced Eating & Living
October 28, 2021
Samira Ardalan, Founder & CEO of Avicenna Cuisine is also Co-Author of The Mysteries of the Apostles’ Ointment and The Elixir of Life: Also Known...
Iranian Scientist among World’s Top 10 Bright Young Minds
October 14, 2021
Science News’ magazine has featured the Iranian scientist’s name Yasser Roudi in the top 10 list of up-and-coming stars of science in its October issue....
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New hybrid electric car unveiled in Iran
October 6, 2021
Researchers at Tehran’s Khajeh Nasireddin Industrial University have produced a hybrid electric car fuelled by hydrogen and electrical battery as well as a NANO bicycle, IRNA...
Eight Iranian universities among Times’ top 800
October 2, 2021
Eight Iranian universities have been ranked among the top 800 universities in the world, according to the 2015-2016 Times Higher Education World University Ranking. The...
Iranian Scientist Wins 2015 SPIE Gold Medal
September 25, 2021
Iranian scientist Professor Nader Engheta has won the Gold Medal Award of International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE). The highest honor of the Society was...
Iranian Robotic Team Performs a Feat at IMAV 2015
September 23, 2021
An Iranian robotic team from Amirkabir Robotics Center (ARC) has finished runner-up at the International Micro Air Vehicles Conference and Flight Competition (IMAV) in Aachen,...
‘New era’ in Iran science with end of sanctions
September 5, 2021
The Iran nuclear deal will usher in a new era in science by lifting sanctions and encouraging research in the Islamic republic, the US journal...
Iran seeks Japan help for High-speed trains
August 30, 2021
Iran is interested in the Japanese technology for establishing high-speed rail in order to expand its intercity transportation, a senior official says. “A small amount...
ESI Names Iranians among highly-cited Professors
August 17, 2021
Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database has added two Iranian researchers to the list of its top one percent highly-cited professors in the past decade. Hamid...
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Iran Produces Recreational, Commercial Hovercrafts for the First Time
August 10, 2021
Iranian researchers, for the first time, managed to design and manufacture recreational, commercial and rescue hovercrafts. “Tehran-based Damon engineering company has successfully completed the design...
Iranian Scientists Clone Endangered Mouflon
August 6, 2021
A domestic sheep has given birth to a baby mouflon in a rare successful example of interspecies cloning, according to scientists in Iran. The wild...
Dr. Mandana Amiri Wins British Roger Taylor Award
August 2, 2021
Assistant Professor Dr. Mandana Amiri, the faculty member of University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, won Roger Taylor Award of the British Carbon Group. The Roger Taylor...
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Iran’s First Manned Spacecraft Unveiled
July 30, 2021
The first Iranian-built manned spacecraft has been unveiled at the Tehran’s Museum of Science and Technology. The capsule is to take individuals to the International...
Iran Plans to Build 5G Innovation Center
July 12, 2021
Iran plans to establish a 5G innovation center aimed at patenting inventions. Head of Information and Communication Technology Institute (ICTI), Mohammad Khansari, told that planning...
We Stand on Our Own
July 2, 2021
By: Bobbie Western countries have imposed sanctions against Iranians for many years. They thought such sanctions can cripple them but instead Iranian youths have tried...
The Iran I Saw
June 30, 2021
By: Christopher Schroeder When I wrote a book about startups and innovation in the Arab world last year, Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East, it...
Iran self-sufficient in human, livestock vaccine production
May 6, 2021
Iran has become self-sufficient in production of polio, mumps, measles, rubella, and DTP (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis) vaccines. Behzad Ghareyazie, Director General of Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII) told...
From Imagination to Reality: Iran Plans to Send Humans to Space Within Years
March 3, 2022
On Iran’s National Day of Space Technology, celebrated this year on February 17, the country unveiled a prototype of a spacecraft allegedly capable of sending...
Iran launches fourth satellite into orbit
February 3, 2022
Iran launched its fourth satellite into orbit on Monday, state IRIB TV reported. Equipped with GPS navigation system, the home-made satellite, named Fajr (Dawn), was...
Iran Preparing to launch new Satellite into Space ‘within Days’
February 2, 2022
Iran to launch a long-anticipated satellite into space ‘within days’, Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology said on Saturday. Sourena Sattari did not elaborate on...