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Iranian researchers design cheaper, more effective pipeline valves
Iranian researchers have designed three-stage valves for fluids pipelines that are 50 percent cheaper to manufacture and are five times quicker to shut down the flow, when there is an impact. The manager of the project dubbed the achievement a “three-stage, one-way, remote-controlled line stopping valve.” “Water pumping stations and transfer pipelines are among the main and most expensive installations…
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Iran, Russia expanding ICT ties
The Iranian minister of information and communications technology says Iran and Russia are set to take the cooperation between their knowledge-based ICT companies to a whole new level. In an interview with Iran’s IRIB news agency, Issa Zarepour discussed the achievements of his two-day trip to Russia, saying several cooperation agreements were signed to help flourish the bilateral digital economic…
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Iran’s team crowned at Intl. Biology Olympiad
Iran’s team grabbed four gold medals in the 33rd International Biology Olympiad in Armenia, taking the first place in the competition. Mahdi Afshari, Amirreza Zeynali, Mohammad-Amin Kiani, and Mohammad-Mahdi Rahimpour, who formed Iran’s four-manned team, won gold medals in the global scientific tournament, getting the best result of Iran’s IBO profile in 23 years. This year’s edition of IBO was…
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Iran knowledge-based firm builds first insulin injector pen
An Iranian knowledge-based firm has developed the first indigenously-built insulin injector pen for public use. Zohreh Afsar-Tala, the vice-president of the enterprise, told Tasnim News Agency on Sunday that her company had managed to acquire the technology for the development of the injector pens from a German firm and had now produced and distributed at retail drug stores some one…
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Iranian-made kits enable visual detection of impurity in liquid medicines
An Iranian knowledge-based firm has designed and developed a kit that enables the visual detection of impurity in liquid medicines, in an achievement that rids the country of the need to import the product. Mojtaba Seyyedi, one of the researchers in the project that was conducted by a knowledge-based company affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences, told ISNA that…
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Iran becomes 1st Mideast state to indigenize cloud seeding radar tech
For the first time in the Middle East, Iranian scientists have successfully indigenized the advanced technology used in cloud seeding radars as part of efforts to address the issue of water scarcity in the country. In an article published on Wednesday, Fars news agency reported that the “complicated and sensitive” technology has been subjected to sanctions, and that the main…
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Raisi: Iran ready to share technological achievements with D-8 members
A neurosurgeon in Iran says so far 200 Parkinson’s patients have been treated in the Iranian city of Shiraz using deep brain simulation (DBS) neurosurgical procedure. Ali Razmkan said Parkinson’s is a progressive and destructive disease that affects and disrupts the human’s central nervous and musculoskeletal systems. Raisi was speaking in a meeting with D-8 Secretary General Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam,…
Read More » Iran carries out second launch of home-made satellite carrier
Iran’s defense ministry says the homegrown satellite carrier rocket dubbed Zoljanah has been tested for the second time over the past 16 months. Hosseini, a spokesman for the Iranian defense ministry’s space organization said three research launches had been planned for Zoljanah satellite carrier. He added that the second test was for research purposes and the third test will be…
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Iranian knowledge-based company produces medicine countering respiratory infection
A knowledge-based Iranian company has produced a new medicine that reduces respiratory infection. The production line for Bio-Boost was unveiled during a ceremony attended by Iran’s Vice President for Scientific and Technological Affairs Sorena Sattari at the knowledge-based company. Bio-boost is a natural product of useful living bacteria along with vital vitamins and minerals. The medicine improves the quality of…
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Iran produces saffron-based medicine against Alzheimer’s disease
Iran produces saffron-based medicine against Alzheimer’s disease An Iranian pharmaceutical company has produced an herbal medicine based on saffron that can prevent or reduce the symptoms of the Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia among the elderly population. Ali Jalali, a member of the managing board of the Green Plants of Life, said the domestically-developed capsules, named SaffroTin,…
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Iran knowledge-based company makes portable ventilator, sidesteps sanctions
An Iranian knowledge-based company has produced a portable ventilator machine which does away with the need to import foreign brands at exorbitant prices. Mojtaba Najafi, the director of the knowledge-based company affiliated with the Sharif University of Technology, told IRNA that the device can reduce the mortality rate among patients suffering from heart and lung conditions. He said the pneumatic…
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Iran develops agro-drones for crop dusting
Iran has reached self-sufficiency in the production of agricultural drones. An Iranian knowledge-based company has developed the machine at a sci-tech park in the capital, Tehran. The agro-drones are capable of crop-dusting quickly, at a low cost and with high accuracy, helping protect human’s health when it comes to spraying the fields with pesticides. “The agro-drone is an unmanned aerial…
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