TEHRAN (ANA)- A new study by the University of Eastern Finland and Tampere University measured particulate emissions from passenger car preheating with an auxiliary heater in sub-zero conditions, finding that it produces as much particulate emissions as driving dozens of kilometers.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iranian specialists at Islamic Azad University’s Arak branch managed to design and build a hand-held combine machine for harvesting flowers and aerial parts of medicinal plants.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Taking inspiration from nature, researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences designed a new type of soft, robotic gripper that uses a collection of thin tentacles to entangle and ensnare objects, similar to how jellyfish collect stunned prey.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A young Iranian inventor and a graduate of civil engineering at Islamic Azad University’s Shahroud branch manufactured a ‘twin hybrid fuel-electric turbofan engine’ which boosts efficiency in turbine engines.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A mechanical engineering Ph.D. student at Islamic Azad University’s Ahvaz branch invented a system to calculate the amount of hidden gases at gas pressure reduction stations.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Two Iranian knowledge-based companies have managed to take a big step to enter the East Asian market by exporting their special food-packaging machinery to India worth 40,000 US dollars.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization Mohammad Mohammadibakhsh announced that the country’s first home-made passenger plane will be prepared for a flight in 2025.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The engineers at an Iranian knowledge-based company managed to build simulators for driving different vehicles, using the domestic capacities.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Head of the Center for Energy Research and Sustainable Development of Islamic Azad University’s Semnan branch announced that two new models of smart water shut-off valve has been designed and manufactured by the Iranian specialists.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Managing director of a knowledge-based company in Iran said that his company has managed to convert heavy CNC machines to multi-purpose desktop machines for easier application and lower price.