Science and Technology

The recombinant Nora vaccine, produced by Iran’s Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, has received permission to be used for vaccination of people against Covid-19 after clinical trials.

The 35th Khwarizmi International Festival has commended 9 top participants from Iran and 3 participants from Italy, France and China in a ceremony at the presence of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran.

The Iran House of Innovation and Technology in Istanbul, Istanbul IHIT has been inaugurated at the same time as the dispatch of the Iranian Technology Trade Board consisting of 50 knowledge-based companies to develop technology trade between Iran and Turkey.

Iran is set to open a new House of Innovation and Technology (IHIT) in the Turkish economic hub, Istanbul, in line with the agenda to promote exports of creative and knowledge-based products made in Iran.

Sardar Omar Zaghev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan, along with several other Uzbek ministers and deputy ministers, have visited the exhibition of Iranian export-and knowledge-based products, known as the i-Hit in Tehran.

President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran is ready to transfer technical knowledge to African countries and boost cooperation with them.

Scores of investors from over a dozen countries negotiated with Iranian knowledge-based companies during the 4th Technology Investment Meeting of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation on Tuesday to develop technological relations.

An Iranian knowledge-based company has produced advanced wound dressing products, with structures similar to human skins.

Iranian scientists have successfully developed a new vaccine customized to target the Omicron variant of coronavirus, with preliminary studies showing 100 percent effectiveness against the strain.

Iranian knowledge-based companies have managed to unlock the software managing pressure of natural gas at Nar and Kangan gas field in the south of the country, raising the production level.

It’s now possible to protect buildings with steel structures from fire with Iranian-made products. A knowledge-based company has succeeded in producing a coating for metal buildings that delays reaching a critical temperature. Mohammad Amir Karimi, CEO of Abtik Pooshesh Aria Knowledge-based Company, said the fire-resistant coating of this company has very good physical, mechanical and chemical properties.

Iranian experts have designed and developed a test kit capable of detecting infection with the coronavirus within only 20 seconds and with high accuracy.

Iran produces saffron-based medicine against Alzheimer’s disease

During a visit by Iran’s vice president for science and technology to the exhibition of Iranian-made technologies, knowledge-based and creative companies have presented their achievements.

A two-day exhibition showcasing the latest achievements and products of knowledge-based and creative companies has opened in the Iranian capital Tehran.

An Iranian knowledge-based firm has developed the first indigenously-built insulin injector pen for public use.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation Standing Committee on Scientific and Cooperation (COMSTECH) of the OIC has awarded two Iranian scholars as the winners of COMSTECH Lifetime Achievement Award in Chemistry 2021 and COMSTECH Award for Best Scientific Book.

Iran's Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says the field of space technology has provided a huge market for knowledge-based companies.

February 3 is celebrated as National Space Technology Day in Iran.

Iran took the 23rd place of the rankings of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2021 with the registration of totally 55 patents and applications for inventions in the nanotechnology.

Iran has unveiled 30 domestically made technological and scientific products.

Iran is superior to other countries in the region in terms of progress in the scientific fields including nanotechnology, says Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology.

Iran has stood 11th in the rankings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2021.

More than 50 Iranian nanotechnology products were unveiled during the opening ceremony of an exhibition in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Monday.

Some Iranian universities’ access to the world’s scientific centers has been blocked due to their debts, said an official with the country’s Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.