Science and Technology in Iran (Sci & Tech) – The latest news and views about Science and Technology in Iran, focused on various fields such as Healthcare, E-Commerce, Startups and innovative companies.
Iranian experts and entrepreneurs overseas have established some160 start-ups so far in a line with a cooperation program drawn up to set the stage for the establishment of such companies.
Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has unveiled plans to fulfill the domestic demand for flu vaccine with the products of private companies which will be available within the next few weeks.
The Iranian administration has offered the domestic knowledge-based companies a broad range of services to help them export their products to the international market.
Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says more than 5,300 knowledge-based companies have been established in the country under the aegis of the administration over the past six years.
An Iranian knowledge-based company has produced a microtubule inhibitor used for treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer and pancreatic cancer, and is exporting it to international markets.
Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari and head of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev have agreed to expand Tehran-Moscow collaborations in science and technology.
As the presence of manpower at great depths of earth is almost impossible, an Iranian knowledge-based company has devised a robot to unclog the deep wells and the underground linkage.
A senior Iranian official says the country has reached self-sufficiency in producing equipment needed for controlling coronavirus and treating patients suffering from the disease.
The first technology tower funded by the private sector has come into operation in Iran, leading to the formation of a new innovation area connecting academic centres to private sector companies.
Iran's Nanotechnology Innovation Council has unveiled a new system for the real-time diagnosis of the novel coronavirus, which detects the intensity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in one's sputum sample.
Iran’s Minister of Agriculture Kazem Khavazi has unveiled the news of a breakthrough that his ministry has made in the development of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, saying the homegrown vaccine is ready to undergo clinical trials.
Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says the novel coronavirus pandemic has broken the traditional resistance to online businesses and helped them thrive.
Iran's Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says the domestic companies and start-ups engaged in developing artificial intelligence technologies have made such progress that are competing with the foreign countries.
Iran’s minister of communication and information technology has unveiled plans for the launch of five new homegrown satellites by the end of the current Iranian year.
A renowned infectious disease specialist and a member of Iran's National Scientitic Committee to Combat COVID-19 has cast doubt on the news that Russian researchers have developed a vaccine for the novel Coronavirus.
