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Five Iranian universities are listed in the QS World University Rankings 2017-2018 by Quacquarelli Symonds.

The Cochrane Iran Associate Center was launched on June 10 in Tehran.

Researchers have long known that diabetes can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer. A new study, however, suggests that this risk could be significantly reduced with long-term use of low-dose…

There has been a rise in the number of fire breakouts in protected areas managed by the Department of Environment since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21), an official at the…

An official at the Department of Environment has confirmed reports circulating online that orcas have been sighted off the coasts of Bushehr Province.

Speaking at a press conference on…

A Tehran Province water official has said problems such as water shortage or reduced pressure are not expected during the scorching summer months.

Mohammad Parvaresh, managing director of…

An inspection of companies based around Beijing found more than 70% were violating air pollution regulations, Chinese state media says. Firms pumped out more emissions than allowed, operated…

The population of Caspian seal, a relic species that is now confined to the Caspian Sea, has declined by more than 90% since the start of the 20th century, the director for marine ecosystems at…

Many patients with type 2 diabetes consider finger-prick blood tests key for keeping blood glucose levels under control. But according to a new study, they are unlikely to be beneficial for…

Combined use of alcoholic drinks and tobacco products can increase the risk of developing laryngeal cancer by 80 times and people who only smoke cigarettes are 40 times more likely to get the…

It is seven years since the Iran Goods and Currency Smuggling Control Headquarters approved and issued a directive banning the sale of cigarettes by vendors and at street kiosks. However, the…

Since the beginning of the current year in March, 38 people have been infected with the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) and 3 have lost their lives to the disease, said Dr Mohammad Mahdi…

From among 920 knowledge-based companies active in the health sector, 200 produce healthcare products including pharmaceuticals that are now available in the domestic market, said Dr Hossein…

Researchers at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil suggest that drinking coffee before exercise makes it easier for muscles to burn body fat, increasing the likelihood of weight loss.

The government allocated 7,000 billion rials ($175 million) for implementation of the State Welfare Organization’s program to fight child malnutrition last year (ended in March), said Habibollah…

Annually, more than 30,000 babies with congenital disorders are born in the country while in at least 20,000 cases the problem can be prevented or solved through premarital and prenatal genetic…

Airbnb will now be able to operate in Japan without the risk of running into regulatory hurdles after the government passed a law that sets out rules for home sharing.

Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with hundreds crossing the border as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic "…

A tourist resort in the port city of Chabahar, Sistan-Baluchestan Province, has been planned to help develop the city's tourism industry, the province's chief tourism official said.

Museum entry fees will not be increased this year, the director for museum affairs at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said. "We have not received instructions to…

Airlines have been under increased public scrutiny in recent months, following an incident in which a United Airlines passenger was violently removed from an overbooked flight. But top German…

Iran's tourism authority has implored netizens to show care when using online services, particularly those offering vacation rentals, due to the increasing number of unauthorized service providers…

Twenty-two kilometers of Metro Line 7 (70% of the total line to be constructed) was officially inaugurated on Saturday on the birth anniversary of Imam Hassan (AS), the second Shia Imam.

An estimated 11,000 households with two or more disabled members have been identified in the country. By the end of the next calendar year in March 2019, residential units will be provided to all…

For many people with diabetes, keeping tabs on blood sugar every day is expensive, time-consuming and invasive, but researchers at MIT and Harvard are exploring a creative new approach that could…