Science and Technology

A baby girl has been born in the Iranian city of Isfahan thirteen years after being frozen. The child is the longest known frozen human embryo that has been delivered successfully in the West Asia region.

Twenty knowledge-based companies in Iran are exporting a wide range of laboratory equipment to China, South Korea, Malaysia, Ecuador, Cuba, and some European countries.

Investors from 11 countries are going to attend the second edition of the Technology Investment Meeting (TIM) in Tehran in February 2020.

An Iran-made biological fertiliser has been used to save cocoa tree crops in Ivory Coast from a deadly disease.

A group of Iranian scientists at the Royan Research Institute and Iran University of Medical Sciences have designed a method that uses stem cells to treat liver diseases.

An Iranian professor of biology has been awarded the Mustafa Prize for introducing a new treatment for Parkinson’s disease with stem cells.

An Iranian knowledge-based company has managed to develop an electric knife for delicate surgeries. Electrosurgical tools are widely used to make incisions and can prevent bleeding during surgery.

Iranian physicians have for the first time performed a split-liver transplantation surgery, dividing a single donor liver between a pediatric and an adult patient.

Researchers at the Royan Institute of Iran have used stem cells to treat urinary incontinence.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has unveiled the latest version of a homegrown humanoid robot called “Sorena IV”.

A group of Iranian researchers have manufactured ultra-cold tanks used to store refined oil and its derivatives after purification.

Iranian researchers have managed to design and manufacture heat-sensitive nano-fibres as a new indicator of food freshness.

Business people and investors from 11 countries are going to participate in the 7th edition of the Iranian Laboratory Equipment and Chemicals Exhibition (Iran LABEXPO 2019) on December 17-20.

The Iranian technology and innovation ecosystem has been introduced to the Uzbek officials at a meeting in Tashkent.

Iran has begun to extract drinking water from rainwater as part of a project implemented in Mazandaran province, north of Iran.

Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has unveiled a plan to use unmanned aerials vehicles as a new way to deliver mail in the country.

An Iranian official has expressed Tehran’s readiness to promote cooperation with Uzbekistan in the field of new technologies, highlighting the great advances that Iranian knowledge-based companies have made in various areas.

Spokesperson for the Food and Drug Administration of Iran has announced the introduction of a domestically-produced influenza drug into the market.

An exclusive exhibition of achievements of the Islamic Republic of Iran has opened in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, on Wednesday.

An Iranian researcher has invented a medicated adhesive patch for the treatment of chronic ulcers without the need to change the dressing.

The US sanctions on Iran’s medicine imports created a serious crisis for Iranian dialysis patients, which prompted Iranian scientists to manufacture the vital dialysis machines inside the country.

The head of the Iranian Genetics Association has hailed the country's progress in the field of genetics saying that there are now about 400 genetic diseases in the country that are diagnosable.

Iran has been ranked among the top five Asian countries developing biotechnology products.

A knowledge-based Iranian company has managed to develop a domestic blood bank centrifuge machine which is one of the essential equipment needed for blood transfusion bases and some medical centres.

An Iranian knowledge-based company has used nanotechnology to produce a durable car engine lubricant that stays in good condition for the record time of 17,000 hours.