Latest Science and Technology (Sci & Tech) News in Iran – Up-to-date coverage of developments in the fields of technology, computing, research and production in Iran, as it continues to progress in scientific endeavours.
Maryam Mirzakhani, the internationally-renowned Iranian mathematician and the first female winner of Fields Medal, has died of cancer according to one of her relatives.
The Iranian government says 710 Iranian researchers and experts, who were living abroad, have returned to the country and started cooperation in scientific and technological fields in the past few years.
Internationally-renowned Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has been hospitalized in the US for deteriorating health conditions caused by cancer recurrence.
Iran’s Vice-President for Science and Technology Affairs Sorena Sattari deplored the US move to deny entry to and deport an Iranian cancer researcher and his family, saying such measures only cause frustration in the scientific community.
Iranian scientists have managed to find the archaeological traces of some feathered dinosaurs in Iran in cooperation with professors from Beijing and Colorado universities.
A group of researchers in an Iranian knowledge-based company have managed to produce a non-toxic rodenticide using nanotechnology. The product is currently available on the market.
Nokia and Mobile Communications Company of Iran (MCI), the largest mobile network operator in the country, have signed a memorandum of understanding for developing 5G technology in Iran.
Iran has unveiled its first indigenous ankle monitor made by domestic experts as part of a nationwide project to electronically supervise and watch prisoners, which will be implemented within six months.
An Iranian MP has praised a 25-percent decrease in imports of pharmaceuticals to Iran, saying the country should focus on expanding the export of its homegrown medicine by using the expertise of its elites.
Iranian experts have developed a security software which is capable of identifying and removing the dangerous “WannaCry” mal ware that has infected hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 100 countries around the world.
Plans are underway to expand the domestic market for producing and trading printers with 3D technology and begin export of these technological products.
Knowledge-based companies in Iran have exported goods worth $500 million since President Hassan Rouhani took office in 2013, according an Iranian official.
Iranian science minister says the country is currently implementing 230 joint research projects in cooperation with European countries thanks to the improved international relations following the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
The 1st Virtual Water International Conference is scheduled to be held in Tehran on April 29 and 30, as an effort to take a look at the theory of virtual water at the global level and improve the management of the countries' water resources.
