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New Study Sheds Light on Mammals' Early Evolution

TEHRAN (ANA)- A study on Jurassic mammals has shed light on the early evolution of mammals, according to the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Iran inaugurates Bank of Marine Reserves

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran has inaugurated its bank (database) of marine reserves at the Iranian National Center for Genetic and Biologic Resources with the aim of protecting the country’s marine resources as a national asset.

Iranian Infants to Receive Rotavirus Vaccine

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Iranian Health Ministry announced that the rotavirus vaccine will be added to the country's child immunization program.

Decoding Deadly Link between Oral Microbes, Cancer

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have found that a specific subtype of a microbe commonly found in the mouth is able to travel to the gut and grow within colorectal cancer tumors.

Pioneering New Antibiotics to Combat MRSA

TEHRAN (ANA)- Using a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning, MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium that causes more than 10,000 deaths in the United States every year.

Iranian Technologists Produce Plant-Based Fungicide by Anti-Biological Method

TEHRAN (ANA)- Plant-based fungicide is a product made by the Iranian technologists at the incubator center of Islamic Azad University’s Gorgan branch which has a significant and noticeable superiority over other domestic and foreign samples.

Study Proves Far-UVC Light Nearly Eradicates Airborne Viruses in Workspaces

TEHRAN (ANA)- A new study by Columbia researchers now shows that far-UVC light inactivated nearly all (>99%) of an airborne virus in an occupied work environment, showing that the technology can work as well in a real-life scenario as in the laboratory.

Researchers Unravel Plants' "Cry for Help" Response in Fighting Disease

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences revealed how plants assemble rhizosphere microbiomes through a "cry for help" mechanism to defend themselves from pathogen invasion.

Oil Spill Clean Up in Dehloran Oilfield with Iranian Researchers’ Method

TEHRAN (ANA)- University graduates in Iran conducted a research on how to clean up oil spill in Dehloran Oilfield in the Western part of the country and achieved valuable results.

Iranian Researchers Develop Environmentally-Friendly, Safe Method to Dispose Fluorescent Lamps

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at a knowledge-based company based in the Technology Park of Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran have offered a method for the disposal of fluorescent tubes or bulbs that contain mercury.

Iranian Company Develops Artificial Light Technology for Growing Plants Instead of Sunlight

TEHRAN (ANA)- A knowledge-based company in Iran has developed a technology to use artificial lights instead of sunlight to grow plants indoor.

Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Saves 91 Million US Dollars by Producing Rainbow Trout Feeds

TEHRAN (ANA)- Experts at a knowledge-based company in Iran have helped the country's fishery and aquaculture industry greatly by domestically producing rainbow trout feeds.

Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Produces Feed for Rainbow Trout

TEHRAN (ANA)- Experts of a knowledge-based company succeeded in producing special feed for rainbow trout used in the fisheries industry.

Iranian Technologists Cultivate Brine Shrimp Using Desalination System Effluent

TEHRAN (ANA)- Technologists in a company in Iran have used discharged effluents from desalination plants to cultivate brine shrimps.

Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Helps Under-Developed Areas to Tackle Water Shortage

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at a knowledge-based company in Iran have helped underdeveloped areas in the country to tackle water shortage with innovative wastewater treatment methods.

Bees Reveal Human-Like Collective Intelligence We Never Knew Existed

TEHRAN (ANA)- A new study by the US and British scientists shows when trained in the lab to open a two-step puzzle box, bumblebees of the species Bombus terrestris could teach the solution to another bee that had never seen the box before.

Study: Spring Flowers Bloom Weeks Earlier Than Just Decades Ago

TEHRAN (ANA)- In a new study by the University of Seville 80 percent of the flower species began flowering earlier in the season, and 68 percent ended flowering earlier.

New Research Reveals How HIV Outsmarts Cellular Security

TEHRAN (ANA)- Research teams led by Dirk Görlich at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Science and Thomas Schwartz at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered that the HIV virus capsid has evolved into a molecular transporter.

Iranian Researchers Find New Antibiotics to Treat Infections

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at Tehran University's Biochemistry and Biophysics Research Center have identified a new antimicrobial peptide as a new generation of effective antibiotics.

Iran Develops Monitoring System for Innovation Ecosystem Infrastructure

TEHRAN (ANA)- An assistant to the Iranian Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy in the field of organization and development of technology and innovation infrastructures announced creation of a monitoring system for innovation ecosystem infrastructure of the country.

Iran to Hold Exhibition on Medicinal Plants in Late May

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran will hold the 11th edition of the National Congress on Medicinal Plants part of which will be an exhibition on those plants at Yazd University in late May.