TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian experts in a company in Isfahan, central Iran, have designed a light type of concrete which is two times lighter than conventional concretes and lessens the degree of earthquake damage.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran inaugurated the first indigenous comprehensive space observation and surveillance station in a ceremony attended by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian inventor Alireza Jannat has built a smart vehicle diagnostic system which makes it possible to discover car problems.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran unveiled three newly-developed drugs produced by researchers at Chemistry Faculty of Razi University, western Iran.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian scientists mass produced Gumboro vaccine for bird AIDS for the first time, taking an important step for poultry industry which can prove effectively in terms of economy, said Head of Iranian Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute (RVSRI) Hadi Famil-Qadakchi.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian and Pakistani oceanography institutes signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint investigation and studies on Antarctica and Makran, a semi-desert coastal strip in southern Iran

TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian researcher has managed to build an oil dielectric test set for the first time in the country.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- One of Iranian university professors Majid Eshaqi Gorji, teaching in Semnan University, central Iran, has been included in the list of the world's top mathematicians, said the university President Ali Kheiroddin.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- A team of Iranian students will take part the US international underwater robot challenge, Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle (ROV) in Seattle.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Preliminary results obtained from Iranian doctors' research at the country's southern ophthalmology pole suggest a big achievement in treatment of retina-related diseases.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian researchers have designed a new way to track neurotransmitters through nanotechnology.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran has began construction of a wind turbine blade plant which is expected to be accomplished by the next 4 months.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian researchers at Natural Extracts Research Center of Kashan University, central Iran, managed to produce Rosa × damascena extract passing ISO 9842 standard, and sent it to international markets for the first time in the country.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian biologists at a biotechnology company managed to design a card with the capability of keeping blood and the DNA, making it possible for doctors and families to keep genetic material of themselves and their relatives for long time.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian scientist at Amir Kabir Poly Technique University has designed and built a device to remove environmental contaminants heavy metals from industrial wastewater.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian researchers at the central city of Isfahan have built a device measuring the percentage of gasoline and gasoil impurity based on viscosity fuel measurement method.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian researchers at a knowledge-based company at Science and Technology Park of Tehran University have manufactured the industrial model of cooling nanofluid for the first time in the country.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Managing Director of Royan Stem Cells Technologies Company Morteza Zarrabi said the organization plans to open umbilical cord blood banks in Oman and the Republic of Azerbaijan soon.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian geologists discovered two new minerals and a rare type in northwestern city of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province.

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian researchers at Science and Technology Park in Kermanshah Province, western Iran, have built Light Electric Diode (LED) lamps, consuming energy three times less than CFL fluorescent ones.