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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.

Overlooked Plant Could Help Reduce Food Insecurity

TEHRAN (ANA)- Native to the eastern U.S., Carolina azolla holds excellent potential for use as a fast-growing, short-season crop that requires minimal inputs, upkeep, and processing, according to Penn State researchers.

Iran to Create Value Chain for Fish Farming in Cage in Northern Waters

TEHRAN (ANA)- A cooperation agreement was signed between 12 companies and groups of stakeholders in the field of fish farming to create a value chain for caged fish farming in the Caspian Sea region in Northern Iran.

Iran-Made Plant Probiotics Obviate Need for Chemical Fungicides

TEHRAN (ANA)- Specialists of an Iranian knowledge-based company succeeded in producing a plant probiotic fungicide fertilizer for agricultural industry which can replace several thousand tons of chemical fungicides.

Iranian Firm Uses Tissue Culture Method to Produce Seedlings with Mother Plant's Features

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iranian technologists at a knowledge-based company succeeded in producing plant seedlings by using the tissue culture method while maintaining characteristics of the mother plant.

Unlocking Lung’s Hidden Army of Flu Fighters

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the UC Riverside discovered that the sac around the lungs contains macrophages that fight flu infections by moving into the lungs, offering new insights into lung health and potential treatments that enhance the body’s immune response to combat drug-resistant infections.

Groundbreaking New Research Reveals Early Human Diets as Primarily Plant-Based

TEHRAN (ANA)- The commonly used term “hunter-gatherers” for describing early humans should be revised to “gatherer-hunters” in the context of the Andes in South America, suggests groundbreaking new research led by an archaeologist from the University of Wyoming.

Scientists Propose New Way to Prevent Spread of Flu

TEHRAN (ANA)- Recent research by the NYU Grossman School of Medicine demonstrates that blocking the attachment of virus particles to cell surface molecules in infant mice can significantly reduce the transmission of influenza A.