TEHRAN (ANA)- Pumpkins are packed with vital nutrients like vitamin A, offer potent antioxidant properties, and can even support heart health, and this fall favorite isn’t just for decoration—it’s a superfood with science-backed benefits.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A study led by Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the stigma movement in Chirita pumila, revealing its association with water-sensitive contractile cells that expand when absorbing water.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A campaign will be launched across Iran to plant one billion saplings on anniversary of the national Student Day which falls on 16 Azar (December 7) to minimize the production of carbon, greenhouse gases and sulfur dioxide in the country.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at Saitama University have visualized plant-to-plant communication via airborne compounds, identifying the specific signals and cellular responses that activate plant defenses against threats.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Sunflowers famously turn their faces to follow the sun as it crosses the sky but how do sunflowers 'see' the sun to follow it? Plant biologists at the University of California show that they use a different, novel mechanism from that previously thought.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Tehran-based Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) researchers have produced a new energy drink using spirulina algae.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Tehran-based Tarbiat Modares University’s (TMU) researchers have offered a method for the recovery of native pastures after fire.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Seaweed found only in South Australia (SA) could hold the secret to anti-aging, researchers from SA's Flinders University found.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iranian researchers succeeded in designing, development and assessment of a system to produce orchid synthetic seeds.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iranian researchers have used seven different plants such as "white mustard" and "Descurainia sophia” in phytoremediation of soil contaminated with heavy metals.