Many of the world’s biggest and iconic animals such as the Bengal tiger could be extinct by the end of the century if drastic conservation measures are not taken, a new study in the journal…
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Environmental records of all kinds are being shattered, as climate change takes effect in real time, scientists warned on Tuesday.
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Despite claims that Urmia Lake’s drastic shift in color is a sign that restorative efforts have failed to pay off, experts at the Urmia Lake Restoration Program maintain that the lake’s newly-…
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The city of Isfahan has become Iran’s first metropolis to enforce “Car-Free Tuesdays”, a people-driven campaign endorsed by the Department of Environment.
On Tuesday (August 2), Isfahan…
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The government has postponed the nationwide administrative service examination until such time the gender bias in employment quotas are removed and all applicants get jobs solely on the basis of…
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Once a person has had a heart attack, their heart may be damaged, raising their risk of further heart-related problems. But according to a new study, this risk could be reduced with a daily dose…
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The Iranian Olympic team has been fully educated and prepared on the Zika virus and self-care strategies, and trained to prevent contracting it during their stay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said…
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The National Brain Mapping Laboratory was inaugurated on Monday in the presence of First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri at the Technological Faculties Campus of Tehran University.
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Forty hospitals with more than 5,700 beds will be opened across the country by the end of the present government’s tenure in mid-2017.
Several of the hospitals will be inaugurated next week…
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A database of information on nearly 24 million children in the country has been formed at the National Convention on the Rights of the Child, said Mozaffar Alvandi, secretary of the CRC. “The…
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The death toll in the recent floods in Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces has risen to 10. Heavy rains for a week (July 26- August 2) also caused massive damage in 20 counties in seven…
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The plan to open supervised injection sites (SIS) for drug addicts was approved by the Iranian Drug Control Headquarters (IDCH) and will soon be piloted in Kerman and Khuzestan provinces.
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Travelers have spoken and they say in-room WiFi is more important to them than a hotel’s location, parking and even complimentary breakfast, according to a recent survey.
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The historical texture of Khanqah district in Meybod, Yazd Province, has been demolished to restore the city’s Jame’ Mosque and build a hospital and tourism complex, despite vehement opposition…
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Cultural heritage officials have wasted little time since the inscription of Lut Desert and the ancient qanat system on the World Heritage List earlier this month, and are focusing their attention…
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The US Center for Disease Control issued their first Zika-related travel advisory for the US mainland on Monday, recommending that pregnant women and those who plan to become pregnant avoid a…
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Virgin Galactic says it has received an operating license for its space tourism rocket from the US Federal Aviation Administration.
The firm says the operating license awarded by the FAA’s…
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The electronic system of issuing permits for medical institutions which had been piloted in a number of medical universities, was officially launched last week at a ceremony attended by the deputy…
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Iran as a member of the World Health Organization, the global health agency, has pledged to eliminate hepatitis B and C as public health challenges by 2030. The Health Ministry is implementing…
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One person was killed and two injured in an earthquake that shook the border town of Parsabad in Iran’s Ardabil Province, news outlets reported Monday. The quake originated in Imishli, the capital…
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The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is low and has been overcome, health officials in Brazil said on Sunday, five days before South America’s first Games are…
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Iranian researchers at the stem cell technology research centers of Tarbiat Modarres University and Sharif University of Technology used grapheme (a form of carbon) to synthesize a scaffold to…
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Heavy rainfall and flooding in various parts of Iran over the past week claimed six lives and caused severe damage in Sistan-Baluchistan and Kerman provinces. Four people, including a pregnant…
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A team of experts from the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization arrived in Iran last week to evaluate the national food control systems.
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Australia, which rides on the world’s fastest-moving continental tectonic plate, is heading north so quickly that map coordinates are now out by as much as 1.5 meters, say geoscientists.
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