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There are 300 science and technology parks for students in the country and 101 are under construction. Nearly 42 research centers are equipped with Nanotechnology and 14 more laboratories are to…

Establishment of “triangular clinics” (TCs) in detention centers is officially underway in 14 provinces after a trial run last year in the Central Prison of Tehran (also known as Fashafoyeh).

Older people are now cleverer than ever before, scientists have found.

But while today’s over-50s may be the brightest in history, their health is getting worse, according to studies.

Hoshino Resort Co. mulls expansion of its new chain of hotels in Japanese cities to as many as 20 after the luxury-resort operator first bought four such properties last month to meet rising…

The Second International Halal Tourism Conference, a three-day annual event initiated by CM Media under the sponsorship of Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry and Turkish Airlines, will be held…

Construction of a restaurant under one of the trademark arcs of Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System in Khuzestan Province has triggered a public outcry. People demand the immediate closure of the…

The historical cities of Isfahan and Tabriz were declared “World Craft City” by the World Craft Council, Iranian media reported on Saturday.

The council’s Evaluation Committee traveled to…

The curtains fell on Malaysia’s top tourism exhibition named MATTA Fair on Sunday at Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur, which also presented trips to Iran.

The first official matchmaking portal, launched a few months ago to help encourage 11 million eligible bachelors in the country to get married, seems to be faring well.

Nearly 16,500…

A new study published in ‘Sleep’ has reinforced the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. Researchers have demonstrated that not getting enough sleep could increase the risk of…

The Green Paper Pack Company in Mazandaran Province in cooperation with the Barekat charity foundation, has been successful in producing disposable paper containers by using recycled waste and…

As part of the next phase of the Health Reforms Plan, 169 cancer diagnosis and treatment centers and 1,100 natural delivery units, will be established by the Health Ministry by the end of the year…

Prawn and shrimp fishing season in Bushehr coastal waters of the Persian Gulf in southwest Iran that began on July 29 has ended now, said Hossein Bahmanyari, director general of Bushehr Fisheries…

Sixty digital libraries will be launched in schools across the country by the end of the current year (March 20, 2016), said Afsaneh Ghorbani, head of ‘Hami’ Scientific Educational Association,…

School transport is undergoing strict inspection to be fully geared up for the next academic year starting September 23, said Vali Azarvash, director at Tehran Vehicle Technical Inspection Bureau…

The case for women’s studies has long been clear since the first programs were founded in the 1970s during the height of the women’s movement, but Brook University of New York has initiated the…

Beijing’s crystal blue skies did not last long. The blue skies that embraced the city gracefully for nearly two weeks suddenly vanished on Friday morning. In their place,…

Desertification in Qazvin Province shows no sign of letting up, with about 100,000 hectares of the once lush Qazvin Plain now barren lands, said the head of the provincial office of Natural…

Given Iran’s severe water scarcity and looming crisis, exporting water is far from rational, according to the director of Iranian Wetlands Conservation Project.

Speaking at the Wetlands…

The Department of Environment, Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization and academics aim to jointly devise a plan to combat logging to help preserve the country’s forests.

The Department of Environment has been given access to drones used by the Ministry of Defense to monitor protected areas, director of the Wildlife and Biodiversity Office at DOE said.

For the first time in Iran, the number ‘zero’ will figure in the license plates of cars in Tehran.

The Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO) has come a long way since its establishment in July 1974, in supplying safe blood and plasma products in the country.

Four new drugs for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) were unveiled in the presence of Head of Food and Drug Administration Rasoul Dinarvand at Bakhtar Bioshimi Company in Kermanshah, in the western part of…

Substituting the opium-producing poppy plant with alternative crops is planned in border regions of Afghanistan to help reduce illicit drug production and trafficking, said Assadollah Hadinejad,…